9:00 pm - Musical Theatre Melodies

10:00 pm - Musical Theatre Melodies

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

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

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.

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.

Musical Theatre Melodies

Musical Theatre Melodies 10-February-2026

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.

On the Level (Ron Grainer &amp; Ronald Millar) &ndash; 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 &lsquo;70s.

Musical Theatre Melodies 3-February-2026

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.

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

Musical Theatre Melodies 27-January-2026

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)

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

Musical Theatre Melodies 10-February-2026

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