THE UN-AMERICAN SONGBOOK

Conceived and written by Dick Vosburgh, original music by Denis King

Dick Vosburgh’s last major work before his death the following year. Sobering as well as entertaining--through song, parody, sketches and reminiscences, the evening chronicles the dark days of the notorious McCarthy witch hunts and the damages the House Un-American Activities Committee inflicted on writers and artists, along with the resulting paranoia that existed through those terrifying years.

First performed at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, 12 November 2006

CAST [4]

Neil McCaul, Johnny Myers, Jessica Martin, Denis King

MUSICAL NUMBERS

• CALL TO THE COAST
• TAIL-GUNNER JOE
• BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
• SHIRLEY'S SONG
• THE SAME OLD SOUTH
• FDR JONES
• YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A YANK
• GREAT DAY
• HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING
• RUSSIA IS HER NAME
• RONNIE (“SWANNEE”)
• PINCH OF SALT, SAM
• WASHINGTON LOVE STORY
• THE EAGLE AND ME
• YANKEE DOODLE BERKELEY
• DARK, DARK DAYS