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:
Musical Theatre Melodies 6-January-2026
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 perf…
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 30-December-2025
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-To…
2:00:00
''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' interview with Rupert Holmes - 23 December 2025
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" interview with Rupert Holmes (full-length) - 23 December 2025
52:30
Musical Theatre Melodies 23-December-2025
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rupert Holmes) – 1985 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with the Tony Award-winning composer–lyricist–librettist Rupert Holmes
2:00:01
Musical Theatre Melodies 16-December-2025
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
1:59:56
Musical Theatre Melodies 9-December-2025
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
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 2-December-2025
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
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 25-November-2025
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 reco…
1:59:40
Musical Theatre Melodies - "Man of La Mancha" & "archy and mehitabel"
Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + archie and mehitabel& echoes of archy (George Kleinsinger & Joe Darion) – 1954 New York studio cast recording
2:00:03
Musical Theatre Melodies 18-November-2025
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)
2:00:00