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Jack Donahue
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Donahue was born in 1892 in Charlestown, Massachusetts and made his first
appearance with Doctor Zurego’s Medicine Show at the age of 17, tap dancing on the tail of a wagon, to attract customers
to the Doctors dubious wares. At 19 he went into small time Vaudeville and over the next nine years he worked his way up through
the Vaudeville ranks, eventually establishing a regular following at the mecca of Vaudeville, the famed Palace Theatre in
NYC. After touring engagements in the musicals The Woman Haters
and Hitchy Koo Of 1918, Jack made his Broadway debut in Angel Face, a musical with score by the great Victor
Herbert, book by Harry B. Smith and lyrics by Robert B. Smith.
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When he died in 1930, he was working on the book of the operetta Princess Charming with music by Hungarian composer Albert
Sirmay and lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom. He had also just completed “Letters Of A Hoofer To His Ma,” which was published
posthumously. Jack never appeared on film although his younger brother--and understudy--Joseph Donahue, played his part with
Marilyn Miller in the first film version of Sunny.
Jack Donahue b. 1892 Charlestown,
MA, USA d. Oct 1, 1930 New York, USA Performer, Writer, Producer
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(Jack
Donahue & Lily Demita in Sons O'Guns)
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(From
the June 15, 1929 New Yorker)
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(Sheet
Music for Sons O'Guns)
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Princess Charming [Original, Musical, Operetta, Romance] Book by Jack Donahue | Oct 13, 1930 - Nov 29, 1930 | Lost Sheep [Original, Play, Comedy] Produced by Jack Donahue | May 5, 1930 - Jul 1930 | Sons O'Guns [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer:
Jack Donahue [Jimmy Canfield];
Book by Jack Donahue | Nov 26, 1929 - Aug 9, 1930 | Rosalie [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Jack Donahue [Bill Delroy] | Jan 10, 1928 - Oct 27, 1928 | Sunny [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Jack Donahue [Jim Deering] | Sep 22, 1925 - Dec 11, 1926 | Be Yourself [Original, Musical, Comedy] Performer: Jack Donahue [Matt McLean] | Sep 3, 1924 - Nov 22, 1924 | Molly Darling [Original,
Musical, Comedy] Performer: Jack Donahue ["Chic" Jiggs] | Sep 1, 1922 - Nov 25, 1922 | Angel Face [Original, Musical, Farce]
Performer: Jack Donahue [Slooch] | Dec 29, 1919 - Feb 14, 1920 |
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