Rank and File
Lieutenant Joe Cable
South Pacific
In 1950, Rodgers and Hammerstein, along with co-writer Joshua Logan, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this musical.
South Pacific
Before her big Broadway break as Yenta the Matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof (1964), she enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve.
Bea Arthur
This organization traces its origins back to World War I, when playwright and director Rachel Crothers and six other theater women formed the Stage Women’s War Relief in 1917.
American Theater Wing
In 1942, this musical premiered on Broadway. The show was produced by the U.S. Army and directed, choreographed, and cast with Soldiers.
This is the Army
Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
This musical, which opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on December 28, 1944, starred Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Nancy Walker.
On the Town
Before winning a Tony for originating the role of J. Pierpont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying, he served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Robert Morse
Actresses Jane Cowl and Selena Royle remodeled the basement of the 44th Street Theater to open this club for servicemen. Lauren Bacall volunteered there on Mondays.
Broadway's Stage Door Canteen
Director Ezra Stone cut this song from the finale of the 1918 production of Yip, Yip, Yaphank. It wasn't until 20 years later, when Kate Smith introduced the song during a radio broadcast, that Stone realized how wrong he was.
God Bless America
Sgt. Emil Foley
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa designed life-sized puppets for this Tony Award-winning play set during WWI.
War Horse
This "Big Daddy" Tony Award-winning actor held three Purple Hearts, Silver and Bronze Stars for valor, and the World War II Victory Medal. But you may know him as Doc from The Muppet Movie.
Charles Durning
In 2024, the national tour of this Broadway musical partnered with the USO to perform at three military installations. This marked a first in modern American history.
Come From Away
Penned for the 1906 musical George Washington, Jr., this was the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music.
You're a Grand Old Flag
Lieutenant William Calley
The Lieutenant
SpitLip quartet twists an improbable WWII tale into this Olivier Award-winning musical.
Operation Mincemeat
This Tony Award-winning father figure served in the US Army during the Korean War. Hard to believe this king overcame a stutter.
James Earl Jones
In 1979, after taking over the role of Annie on Broadway, this 14-year-old performed Tomorrow aboard the USS Iwo Jima as part of a Bob Hope TV Special.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Broadway lyricist and composer George M. Cohan wrote this WWI propaganda song inspired by a three-note military bugle call.
Over There
Captain Richard Davenport
A Soldier's Play
This musical was the first certified by the veteran organization Got Your 6. The musical's creators collaborated with the non-profit to ensure an authentic representation of post-war struggles.
Bandstand
After his service in the Marines was cut short due to a mountain-biking accident, he founded the nonprofit Arts in the Armed Forces.
Adam Driver
Known for introducing “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” this Broadway soprano, billed by only her first name, was among those killed in a 1943 USO plane crash en route to entertain Allied troops.
Tamara Drasin
This song from Paradise Square is performed in response to the nation’s first Federal Draft, instituted by President Lincoln to bolster the ranks of the Union Army.
I'd Be a Soldier