Musical Theatre Melodies

Musical Theatre Melodies 10-March-2026

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:22:17 +0000

The Grand Duke (or, The Statutory Duel) (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1973 University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society cast recording conducted by Eric Stern + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 3-March-2026

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:34:39 +0000

Bubbling Brown Sugar (Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, “Fats” Waller, Eubie Blake, et al) – 1976 original Broadway cast recording + orchestral & vocal selections from the 3 CD albums of Black Manhattan featuring the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Rick Benjamin

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Musical Theatre Melodies 24-February-2026

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:22:25 +0000

When You’re Young (John Hanson) – 1966 British touring cast recording + an interview with cast member Nigel Rideout + a selection of solos and duets performed by John Hanson from Lilac Time, The Student Prince, The Vagabond King, The Desert Song, Bitter Sweet and Glamorous Night with Jane Fyffe, Doreen Hume and June Bronhill.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 17-February-2026

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:38 +0000

Summer Song (Dvorak adapt. Bernard Grun & Eric Maschwitz) – 1956 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Balalaika (George Posford, Bernard Grun & Eric Maschwitz,) – 1961 Australian studio cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 10-February-2026

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:25:44 +0000

The Match Girls (Tony Russell & Bill Owen) – 1966 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from The Queen is Mad (Tom McGrath & Amy Clare Tasker) – 2024 London & 2025 Edinburgh cast recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 3-February-2026

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:32:07 +0000

On the Level (Ron Grainer & Ronald Millar) – 1966 original London cast recording + a selection of TV and movie themes written by Australian composer Ron Grainer, including those for Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, The Prisoner, Maigret and other iconic British TV series from the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 27-January-2026

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:27:00 +0000

Sweet Charity (Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields) – 1966 original Broadway cast recording + an archival radio report of the show’s opening night and interviews with Ethel Merman, Gwen Verdon, Helen Gallagher and librettist Neil Simon + selections from Cy Coleman’s 1966 record album If My Friends Could See Me Now & from Barbara Cook’s 1993 CD album Close as Pages in a Book paying tribute to the lyrics of Dorothy Fields.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 20-January-2026

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:28:43 +0000

The Mad Show (Mary Rodgers, with lyrics by Marshall Barer, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Steven Vinaver & Stephen Sondheim, & sketches by Larry Siegel & Stan Hart) – 1966 original off-Broadway cast recording + Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves 40 (Mary Rodgers & Sammy Cahn) – 1957 U.S. studio recording + an archival interview with Mary Rodgers (from 1994) + selections from Once Upon a Mattress (Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer) – 1960 original London cast recording)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 13-January-2026

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:30:17 +0000

Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim) – 1976 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Sondheim – A Musical Tribute featuring an all-star Broadway cast performing the songs of Sondheim recorded “live” in concert at the Shubert Theatre in New York on the evening of 11 March 1973.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 6-January-2026

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:27:47 +0000

Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway (George M. Cohan) – 1959 U.S. TV cast recording + an episode of the 1951 3DB Melbourne radio series With a Song in My Heart paying tribute to George M. Cohan + a selection of recordings by George M. Cohan from 1911 and a song medley recorded at a “live” concert performance in 1940.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 30-December-2025

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:33:44 +0000

Tip-Toes (George & Ira Gershwin) – 1998 Carnegie Hall concert production cast recording + George Gershwin at the piano playing his music for Tip-Toes and Oh, Kay! recorded in 1926 + the 3rd movement of his Piano Concerto in F + Victor Arden & Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra playing medleys from Tip-Toes recorded in 1926.

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''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' interview with Rupert Holmes - 23 December 2025

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:05:33 +0000

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" interview with Rupert Holmes (full-length) - 23 December 2025

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Musical Theatre Melodies 23-December-2025

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:26:12 +0000

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rupert Holmes) – 1985 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with the Tony Award-winning composer–lyricist–librettist Rupert Holmes

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Musical Theatre Melodies 16-December-2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:34:45 +0000

Charlie Girl (David Heneker & John Taylor) – original 1965 London cast recording + an interview with John Taylor + additional numbers from the 1986 London revival cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 9-December-2025

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:29:54 +0000

Snoopy - The Musical (Larry Grossman & Hal Hackady) – original 1983 London cast recording + an interview with award-winning composer Larry Grossman + a tribute to Toni Lamond featuring an excerpt from her cabaret show “A Life in Show Business” – 1994 "live" performance recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 2-December-2025

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:31:13 +0000

Pipe Dream (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2012 New York City Center Encores! “live” revival cast recording + an interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin

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Musical Theatre Melodies 25-November-2025

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:24:07 +0000

Anya (Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + an introduction by Walter Willison + an archival interview with original cast member Constance Towers from 2016 + selections from Anastasia – The Musical (Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1991 New York studio cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 18-November-2025

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:26:45 +0000

Through the Years (Vincent Youmans & Edward Heyman) – 2001 New York studio cast recording + an interview with Aaron Gandy + vocal selections from the 2015 studio album The Musicality of Vincent Youmans conducted by Aaron Gandy (repeat broadcast from 18 January 2022)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 11-November-2025

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:21:53 +0000

Skyscraper (James Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + The Zulu and the Zayda (Harold Rome) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 4-November-2025

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:23:11 +0000

Billion Dollar Baby (Morton Gould, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1998 off-Broadway York Theatre Company revival cast recording + introduction and narration by New York Musical Director and vocal coach Michael Lavine + Arms and the Girl (Morton Gould, & Dorothy Fields) – 1950 original Broadway cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 28-October-2025

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:20:46 +0000

Jolson - The Musical (various) – original 1995 London "live" cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of Al Jolson's early acoustic recordings from 1911 to 1920

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Musical Theatre Melodies 21-October-2025

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:34:09 +0000

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Burton Lane & Alan Jay Lerner) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Tony Award-nominated actor, director and writer, Walter Willison + additional songs from the 1970 film soundtrack + songs from the 1951 MGM film soundtrack of Lerner & Lane's score for Royal Wedding

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Musical Theatre Melodies 14-October-2025

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:20:03 +0000

Jubilee (Cole Porter) – 1951 U.S. radio cast + Cole Porter's 1935 demo recordings of additional songs from his score + 1935 original London cast recordings of Porter's Anything Goes + Ethel Merman’s 1940 recordings of songs from Porter’s Panama Hattie + selections from “Night and Day” – Thomas Hampson sings Cole Porter - 1991 CD album

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Musical Theatre Melodies 7-October-2025

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:22:17 +0000

Drat! The Cat! (Ira Levin & Milton Schafer) – 1997 Los Angeles studio cast recording + a musical tribute to Dame Patricia Routledge featuring a selection of songs from her London and Broadway cast recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 30-September-2025

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:31:02 +0000

Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer) – original 1985 London cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 23-September-2025

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:25:05 +0000

The Vagabond King (Rudolf Friml, William H. Post & Brian Hooker) – 1961 London studio cast recording + Sunny (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1952 U.S. radio cast + the Epilogue to Dearest Enemy (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) – 2012 Irish studio cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 16-September-2025

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:18:34 +0000

Dearest Enemy (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) – 2012 Irish studio cast recording + interview with former Head of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin

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Musical Theatre Melodies 9-September-2025

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:30:17 +0000

The Buccaneer (Sandy Wilson) – original 1955 London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + highlights from Share My Lettuce (Bamber Gascoigne, Keith Statham & Patrick Gowers) – original 1957 London cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 2-September-2025

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:25:36 +0000

Very Good Eddie (Jerome Kern, Schuyler Green & others) – 1975 Goodspeed Opera House revival cast recording + an interview with revival cast member & Tony Award-nominated actress/singer Virginia Seidel + selections from the 2014 CD album Lost Broadway and More, Vol 6: Jerome Kern

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Musical Theatre Melodies 26-August-2025

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:22:07 +0000

Passion Flower Hotel (John Barry & Trevor Peacock) – original 1965 London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (John Barry & Don Black) – 1972 motion picture soundtrack recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 19-August-2025

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:23:26 +0000

Mademoiselle Modiste (Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom) – 1951 U.S. radio cast + The Red Mill (Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom) – 1949 U.S. radio cast + selections from Beverly Sills’ 1975 Grammy Award-winning album Music of Victor Herbert

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Musical Theatre Melodies 12-August-2025

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:24:47 +0000

Katinka (Rudolf Friml & Otto Harbach) – 1951 U.S. radio cast + plus orchestral selections performed by the Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger + Marinka (Emmerich Kálmán & George Marion Jr.) – 1951 U.S. radio cast + plus orchestral & vocal selections conducted by Emmerich Kálmán – 1940 U.S. radio concert

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Musical Theatre Melodies 5-August-2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:16:35 +0000

The Water Gipsies (Vivian Ellis & A.P. Herbert) – original 1955 London cast highlights recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + My Name is Dora – 1967 album featuring Dora Bryan performing a selection of show-tunes and relating anecdotes about her life and career recorded in front of a studio audience.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 29-July-2025

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:20:28 +0000

Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber & T.S. Eliot) – 1985 original Australian cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 22-July-2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:20:43 +0000

The Great Waltz (Johann Strauss, Sr. and Jr. adapted by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1965 Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Company cast recording + an interview with Tony Award-nominated original cast member Anita Gillette

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Donna McKechnie interview - ''A Chorus Line'' - 15 July 2025

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 02:22:53 +0000

"A Chorus Line'' interview with Donna McKechnie (complete) - 15 July 2025

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Musical Theatre Melodies 15-July-2025

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:20:50 +0000

A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + interviews with original cast members Donna McKechnie & Baayork Lee

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Musical Theatre Melodies 8-July-2025

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:16:18 +0000

Something Rotten! (Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 2015 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Tony Award-nominated original cast member Brad Oscar

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Musical Theatre Melodies 1-July-2025

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:19:26 +0000

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Finn) – 2005 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with New York-based theatre critic Peter Filichia (from 2012) + selections from A New Brain (William Finn) – 1998 original off-Broadway cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 24-June-2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:19:56 +0000

24 June – Grind (Larry Grossman & Ellen Fitzhugh) – 1985 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with award-winning composer Larry Grossman

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Musical Theatre Melodies 17-June-2025

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:17:30 +0000

An American in Paris (George & Ira Gershwin) – 2015 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 1951 MGM motion picture soundtrack recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 10-June-2025

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:17:49 +0000

Goodtime Charley (Larry Grossman & Hal Hackady) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with award-winning composer Larry Grossman

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Musical Theatre Melodies 3-June-2025

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:19:55 +0000

Chicago (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with original cast member Pamela Sousa + selections from And The World Goes 'Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb – 1991 original off-Broadway cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 27-May-2025

Tue, 27 May 2025 13:25:59 +0000

Glamorous Night (Ivor Novello and Christopher Hassall) – original 1935 London cast highlights recordings plus plus additional numbers from the 1968 BBC radio production + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs from the musicals of Ivor Novello, including Careless Rapture, Crest of the Wave, The Dancing Years, Perchance to Dream and King's Rhapsody.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 20-May-2025

Tue, 20 May 2025 13:22:30 +0000

The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Leslie Bricusse from 2013 + How to Win an Election (or Not Lose by Much) (devised & written by Leslie Bricusse) – 1964 British comedy album starring Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan

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Musical Theatre Melodies 13-May-2025

Tue, 13 May 2025 13:21:50 +0000

Flora, The Red Menace (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Liza with a "Z" – 1972 New York 'live" concert recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 6-May-2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 13:19:53 +0000

Damn Yankees (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 1955 London cast recording of The Pajama Game (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 29-April-2025

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:21:29 +0000

Jeeves (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Alan Ayckbourn) – 1975 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs from the musicals of Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse, including The Beauty of Bath, Have a Heart, Oh, Boy!, Leave it to Jane, Oh, Lady! Lady!! and Sitting Pretty.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 22-April-2025

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:17:08 +0000

Perchance to Dream (Ivor Novello) – 1945 original London cast highlights recordings + additional numbers from the 1968 BBC radio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs with music by Ivor Novello – recorded 1929 - 1947

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Musical Theatre Melodies 15-April-2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:21:50 +0000

Carousel (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1945 original Broadway cast recording, plus additional numbers from the 1956 film soundtrack & 1994 Broadway revival cast recordings + interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin

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Musical Theatre Melodies 8-April-2025

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:20:17 +0000

Tell Me More (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 1995 Los Angeles studio cast recording + an interview with Aaron Gandy + selections from the 1998 CD compilation album From Gershwin’s Time – The Original Sounds of George Gershwin 1920 - 1945

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Musical Theatre Melodies 1-April-2025

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:25:06 +0000

Philemon (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt) – 1975 original off-Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Tom Jones (from December 2021)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 25-March-2025

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:23:08 +0000

Billy Elliott – The Musical (Elton John & Lee Hall) – 2005 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 18-March-2025

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:22:18 +0000

Do I Hear a Waltz? (Richard Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin + selected highlights from the 1973 New York "live" concert recording of Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

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Musical Theatre Melodies 11-March-2025

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:25:56 +0000

The Mikado (WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1957 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 4-March-2025

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:22:48 +0000

La Cage aux Folles (Jerry Herman) – 1985 original Australian cast recording + an interview with original Australian cast member Geraldene Morrow + highlights from Tap Your Troubles Away! – The Words & Music of Jerry Herman – 2001 Los Angeles concert recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 25-February-2025

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:23:43 +0000

Silk Stockings (Cole Porter) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 1957 MGM motion picture soundtrack recordings for Silk Stockings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 18-February-2025

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:28:05 +0000

Baker Street - A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (Marian Grudeff & Raymond Jessel) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + demo recordings of songs "cut" from the score performed by Marian Grudeff and Ray Jessel + Ray Jessel recorded “live” in cabaret at The Gardenia in Hollywood, California in 2002, from the CD album The First Seventy Years.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 11-February-2025

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:21:26 +0000

Up in Central Park (Sigmund Romberg & Dorothy Fields) – 1953 US radio cast + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2012) + selections from My Maryland (Romberg & Dorothy Donnelly), The New Moon (Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II), Viennese Nights (Romberg & Hammerstein) and May Wine (Romberg & Hammerstein) – 1945 to '50 studio recordings conducted by Sigmund Romberg

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Musical Theatre Melodies 4-February-2025

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:17:13 +0000

Divorce Me, Darling! (Sandy Wilson) – 1965 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 28-January-2025

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:29:56 +0000

Plain and Fancy (Albert Hague & Arnold B. Horwitt) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall – 1975 “live” concert recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 21-January-2025

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:15:15 +0000

Our Man Crichton (David Lee & Herbert Kretzmer) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + scenes and songs from Peter Pan including incidental music for the play composed by John Crook – 1940 London studio cast recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 14-January-2025

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:18:04 +0000

The Wiz (Charlie Smalls) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + radio promotion of the MGM motion picture musical The Wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg) – 1939 U.S. radio transcription recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 7-January-2025

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:13:13 +0000

Shenandoah (Gary Geld & Peter Udell) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with the co-writers of the new British musical The Queen is Mad – Amy Clare Tasker and composer Tom McGrath + excerpts from the 2024 original London cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 31-December-2024

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:16:51 +0000

On the Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1960 New York studio cast recording + a selection of alternate songs from the MGM film version by Roger Edens, Betty Comden & Adolph Green – 1949 film soundtrack recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 24-December-2024

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:19:37 +0000

Mary Poppins (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman, plus new songs by George Stiles & Anthony Drew) – 2004 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 17-December-2024

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:17:59 +0000

I Had a Ball (Jack Lawrence & Stan Freeman) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Bajour (Walter Marks) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 10-December-2024

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:15:24 +0000

Watch Your Step (Irving Berlin) – 2001 off-Broadway revival cast recording + selections from Irving Berlin - "This is the Life!" – 2015 CD album featuring the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Rick Benjamin with vocalists Bernadette Boerckel and Daniel Marcus

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Musical Theatre Melodies 3-December-2024

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:19:40 +0000

Lady, Be Good! (George & Ira Gershwin) – 1992 U.S. studio cast recording + original recordings by Fred & Adele Astaire, George Gershwin & Cliff Edwards

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Musical Theatre Melodies 26-November-2024

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:23:30 +0000

Anything Goes (Cole Porter) – 1988 London studio cast recording + recordings by Cole Porter

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Musical Theatre Melodies 19-November-2024

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:22:44 +0000

The Wayward Way (Lorne Huycke & Bill Howe) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + Maria Marten or, The Murder in the Red Barn – 1932 English cast recording starring Tod Slaughter & Company + A Fruity Melodrama – Only a Mill Girl (or, The Doings Up at the Hall) (John James Melluish) - 1938 original English cast recording + songs by Stanley Holloway & Gracie Fields

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Musical Theatre Melodies 12-November-2024

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:31:18 +0000

Fanny (Harold Rome) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Walter Willison about Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunion at 54 Below, in New York City + private demo recordings of Robert Wright and George Forrest singing songs from their score for the 1989 musical, and recordings of additional songs written for their 1962 version entitled At the Grand.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 5-November-2024

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:18:20 +0000

The Only Girl (Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom) – 2015 Light Opera of New York revival cast recording + The Red Mill (Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom) – 1962 Reader's Digest New York studio cast "highlights" recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 29-October-2024

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:17:36 +0000

The Hired Man (Howard Goodall) – 1992 "live" London concert cast recording (with members of the original 1984 West End production) + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 22-October-2024

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:20:16 +0000

Robert and Elizabeth (Ron Grainer & Ronald Millar) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from The Third Kiss (Fred G. Morritt) – 1963 New York demo recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 15-October-2024

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:20:55 +0000

Peter Pan (Mark Charlap & Carolyn Leigh; Jule Styne, Betty Comden & Adolph Green ) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with original cast member Sondra Lee + song selections from alternate versions of Peter Pan (John Crook, Leonard Bernstein, Sammy Fain & Sammy Cahn)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 8-October-2024

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:16:22 +0000

Golden Boy (Charles Strouse & Lee Adams) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + The Musicality of Strouse featuring songs from the musicals of Charles Strouse – 2005 CD compilation album

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Musical Theatre Melodies 1-October-2024

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:16:11 +0000

Mack & Mabel (Jerry Herman) – 1974 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2012) + highlights from Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) – 1967 "new" Broadway cast recording starring Pearl Bailey & Cab Calloway

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Musical Theatre Melodies 24-September-2024

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:18:50 +0000

Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + interview with Sheldon Harnick (recorded in 2014) + demo recordings of "cut" songs written for Fiddler performed by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick

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Musical Theatre Melodies 17-September-2024

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:20:42 +0000

The Woman in White (Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel) – 2004 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 10-September-2024

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:24:01 +0000

Maggie May (Lionel Bart) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + cover recordings by Judy Garland

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Musical Theatre Melodies 3-September-2024

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:19:17 +0000

Rose Marie (Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1958 London studio cast recording + orchestral and vocal selections from Rudolf Friml’s The Vagabond King, High Jinks and Katinka - 1986 U.S. recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 27-August-2024

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:17:24 +0000

Life Begins at 8:40 (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin & E.Y. Harburg) – 2010 New York studio cast recording + introduction by Aaron Gandy

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Musical Theatre Melodies 20-August-2024

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:20:13 +0000

Song of Norway (Greig adapt. Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1944 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Walter Willison + selections of additional songs from the 1970 motion picture soundtrack recording of Song of Norway (Wright & Forrest)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 13-August-2024

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:18:07 +0000

Salad Days (Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds) – 1994 London studio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from the 1980 album Looking For a Piano featuring composer-lyricist Julian Slade at the piano performing songs from his repertoire.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 6-August-2024

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:15:30 +0000

Donnybrook! (Johnny Burke) – 1961 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with leading lady Joan Fagan Marshall – (repeat broadcast from 18 May 2021.)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 30-July-2024

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:19:19 +0000

Instant Marriage (Laurie Holloway & Bob Grant) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from She Loves Me (Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick) – 1964 original London cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 23-July-2024

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:19:58 +0000

The Frogs (Stephen Sondheim) – 2004 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Side By Side By Sondheim – 1977 original Australian cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 16-July-2024

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:26:06 +0000

Bloomer Girl (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg) – 1944 original Broadway cast recording + selections from A Star is Born (Harold Arlen & Ira Gershwin) – 1954 motion picture soundtrack recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 9-July-2024

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:17:48 +0000

The Golden Apple (Jerome Moross & John Latouche) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 2001 CD album Windflowers – The Songs of Jerome Moross

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Musical Theatre Melodies 2-July-2024

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:23:42 +0000

The Good Companions (André Previn & Johnny Mercer) – 1974 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + recorded excerpt from the 1931 stage play by J.B. Priestly and Edward Knoblock + songs from the 1933 film version & the 1957 film remake

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Musical Theatre Melodies 25-June-2024

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:18:33 +0000

Copacabana (Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman & Jack Feldman) – 1994 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + Barry Manilow sings selections from his score to the 1997 musical Harmony (lyrics by Bruce Sussman.)

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Musical Theatre Melodies 18-June-2024

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:20:19 +0000

The Pajama Game (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2014) + Little Women (Richard Adler) – 1958 original U.S. TV cast recording

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Musical Theatre Melodies 11-June-2024

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:19:54 +0000

After the Ball (Noël Coward) – 1954 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + Ace of Clubs (Noël Coward) – 1950 original London cast medley recordings

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Musical Theatre Melodies 4-June-2024

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:21:26 +0000

Phantom of the Opera (Ken Hill & various composers) – 1992 London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + operatic parodies by Spike Jones and Victor Borge

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Musical Theatre Melodies 28-May-2024

Tue, 28 May 2024 13:19:25 +0000

Fade Out – Fade In (Jule Styne, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2014) + selections the 1962 “live” concert album Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall starring Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett

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Musical Theatre Melodies 21-May-2024

Tue, 21 May 2024 13:20:36 +0000

Passion (Stephen Sondheim) – 1994 original Broadway cast recording + song selections from Unsung Sondheim – 1993 CD album

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Musical Theatre Melodies 14-May-2024

Tue, 14 May 2024 13:22:22 +0000

Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim) – 1984 original Broadway cast recording + song selections from Bernadette Peters’ 1996 Carnegie Hall “live” concert album Sondheim, Etc.

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Musical Theatre Melodies 7-May-2024

Tue, 07 May 2024 13:17:35 +0000

Billy (John Barry & Don Black) – 1974 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + song selections from Michael Crawford - A Touch of Music in the Night - 1993 CD album

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Musical Theatre Melodies 30-April-2024

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:19:49 +0000

Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice) – 1994 original Broadway cast recording + interview with original cast member Beth Fowler

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