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 17-December-2024
I Had a Ball (Jack Lawrence & Stan Freeman) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Bajour (Walter Marks) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 10-December-2024
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
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 3-December-2024
Lady, Be Good! (George & Ira Gershwin) – 1992 U.S. studio cast recording + original recordings by Fred & Adele Astaire, George Gershwin & Cliff Edwards
1:59:38
Musical Theatre Melodies 26-November-2024
Anything Goes (Cole Porter) – 1988 London studio cast recording + recordings by Cole Porter
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 19-November-2024
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 J…
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Musical Theatre Melodies 12-November-2024
Fanny (Harold Rome) –1954 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Walter Willison about Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunionat 54 Below, in New York City + private demo recordings of Robert Wright and George Forrest singing songs from their score for the 198…
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Musical Theatre Melodies 5-November-2024
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
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 29-October-2024
The Hired Man (Howard Goodall) – 1992 "live" London concert cast recording (with members of the original 1984 West End production) + introduction by Rex Bunnett
2:00:00
Musical Theatre Melodies 22-October-2024
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
1:59:59
Musical Theatre Melodies 15-October-2024
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)
2:00:00