Theater
June, 1974
Victory gardens, Victory bonds, V for victory: World War Two was a last gasp of American patriotism. Over there, Yanks were getting killed by Nazis, but Over Here!, America was cheerfully eating Spam, electing F.D.R. and listening to the Andrews Sisters triple-barreling their way through boogiewoogie and the beat of the big bands. "Where did the good times go?" asks a song in this rollicking new show, providing its own answer--right there, center stage. Over Here! is no landmark of a m...
