Musical Theatre Melodies
Musical Theatre Melodies
Rob pays tribute to the best of Broadway, London's West End, the Australian stage and the occasional European operetta in a 2 hour program on 96.5 Inner FM Melbourne celebrating significant anniversaries in the world of Musical Theatre.Social links:
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Musical Theatre Melodies 7-May-2024
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
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 30-April-2024
Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice) – 1994 original Broadway cast recording + interview with original cast member Beth Fowler
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 23-April-2024
Peg (David Henecker) – 2084 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + song selections from the musicals of David Heneker
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 16-April-2024
Bullets Over Broadway (various) – 2014 original Broadway cast recording + song medleys from popular Broadway musicals of the 1920s, including No, No, Nanette, Dearest Enemy, Sunny,Merry-Merry, The Cocoanuts, Oh, Kay!, Peggy-Ann, Rio Rita and Hold Everything, recorded between 1925 – ‘29
1:59:28
Musical Theatre Melodies 9-April-2024
High Spirits (Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + interview with original cast member Adrienne Angel + Love From Judy (Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray) – 1952 original London cast highlights recording
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 2-April-2024
Anyone Can Whistle (Stephen Sondheim) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + demo recordings of additional and cut songs performed by Sondheim + selections from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way tothe Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – 1963 original London cast recording
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 26-March-2024
Napoleon (Timothy Williams & Andrew Sabiston) – 1994 Canadian cast highlights recording + introduction by Andrew Sabiston and Timothy Williams + additional numbers from the 2023 Seoul cast recording
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 19-March-2024
Starlight Express (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Richard Stilgoe) – 1984 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 12-March-2024
Funny Girl (Jule Styne & Bob Merrill) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2014) + a tribute to Fanny Brice performing songs & sketches from The Ziegfeld Follies, and on film and U.S. radio from the 1920s to the 1940s
1:59:58
Musical Theatre Melodies 5-March-2024
Over Here! (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman) – 1974 original Broadway cast recording + a selection of songs by the Sherman brothers written for Walter Disney motion pictures from the original soundtrack recordings (including archival interviews)
2:00:00