Twenty Years on Broadway
Memoir
By: George M. Cohan
Date: 1924
Source: Cohan, George M. Twenty Years on Broadway. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924, 93–99.
About the Author: George Michael Cohan (1878–1942) was an actor, playwright, director, author, composer, director, and star of more than twenty musicals. Many of his songs are still heard today, such as "You're a Grand Old Flag," "Give My Regards to Broadway," and "Over There." Cohan built his reputation on patriotic songs full of flag-waving optimism. He claimed his birthday was on July 4, but it was actually July 3; he was born in Providence, Rhode Island.
Introduction
George M. Cohan spent most of his life in the theater. His parents, Jerry and Nellie Cohan, were traveling vaudevillians. At age three, George made his debut. By nine, he and his older sister, Josephine, began to perform with their parents as The Four...
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