This Is The Army (musical)
This Is The Army is an American musical revue in two acts, designed to boost morale in the U.S. during World War II, with a book by James McColl and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. It was produced by the U.S. Army on Broadway in 1942, with a cast of U.S. soldiers, for the benefit of the Army Emergency Relief Fund.
This Is The Army made $40,000 a week for Army Relief.
In January 1944, Berlin skipped the first performance of This Is the Army in Bristol, to visit and bring back a hospitalized bombardier and former Broadway hoofer who lost his leg in battle. The airman is shown here, visiting old friends backstage.
Cast members of the touring company of This Is The Army play blackjack in Italy (May 1944)
Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)
The Broadway Theatre is a Broadway theater at 1681 Broadway in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1924, the theater was designed by Eugene De Rosa for Benjamin S. Moss, who originally operated the venue as a movie theater. It has approximately 1,763 seats across two levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. The Broadway Theatre is one of the few Broadway theaters that is physically on Broadway.
The Broadway Theatre in 2019, playing King Kong
Entrance, showing The Color Purple
View of the Broadway Theatre as seen across Broadway and 53rd Street
The Broadway Theatre, seen from the base of 1675 Broadway