James Cagney played Cohan in the 1942 biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy and in the 1955 film The Seven Little Foys.
Cagney won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dandy.

Mickey Rooney played Cohan in Mr. Broadway, a television special broadcast on May 11, 1957.
The same month, Rooney released a 78 RPM record featuring Rooney singing Cohan's best-known songs on the A-side.

Joel Grey starred on Broadway as Cohan in the musical George M! (
1968), which was adapted into a television special in 1970.

Allan Sherman sang a parody-medley of three Cohan tunes on an early album: "Barry (That'll Be the Baby's Name)"; "H-o-r-o-w-i-t-z"; and "Get on the Garden Freeway" to the tune of "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Harrigan" and "Give My Regards to Broadway", respectively.

Chip Deffaa created a one-man show about the life of Cohan called George M. Cohan Tonight!,
which first ran Off-Broadway at the Irish Repertory Theatre in 2006 with Jon Peterson as Cohan.
Deffaa has written and directed five other plays about Cohan.
James Cagney played Cohan in the 1942 biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy and in the 1955 film The Seven Little Foys. Cagney won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dandy.
Mickey Rooney played Cohan in Mr. Broadway, a television special broadcast on May 11, 1957. The same month, Rooney released a 78 RPM record featuring Rooney singing Cohan's best-known songs on the A-side.
Joel Grey starred on Broadway as Cohan in the musical George M! (1968), which was adapted into a television special in 1970.
Allan Sherman sang a parody-medley of three Cohan tunes on an early album: "Barry (That'll Be the Baby's Name)"; "H-o-r-o-w-i-t-z"; and "Get on the Garden Freeway" to the tune of "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Harrigan" and "Give My Regards to Broadway", respectively.
Chip Deffaa created a one-man show about the life of Cohan called George M. Cohan Tonight!, which first ran Off-Broadway at the Irish Repertory Theatre in 2006 with Jon Peterson as Cohan. Deffaa has written and directed five other plays about Cohan.
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