Musical Theatre Melodies
Musical Theatre Melodies
Playlist by Musical Theatre MelodiesRob 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 anniversar…192 clip(s) in playlist
Musical Theatre Melodies 15-September-2026
Careless Rapture (Ivor Novello & Christopher Hassall) – 1936 original London cast highlights recordings + additional numbers from the 1968 BBC radio production + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Theodore & Co. (Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Adrian Ross & Clifford Grey) by the original 191…
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Musical Theatre Melodies 8-September-2026
The Apple Tree (Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick) – 1966 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Sheldon Harnick from 2015 + demos of “cut” songs from the musical performed by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick + songs from their 1966 US TV musical version of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterv…
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Musical Theatre Melodies 1-September-2026
Man With a Load of Mischief (John Clifton & Ben Tarver) – 1966 original off-Broadway cast recording + an interview with Walter Willison about Ben Franklin in Paris (by Mark Sandrich Jr. and Sidney Michaels) being staged in concert at 54 Below in New York City on 13th September
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Musical Theatre Melodies 25-August-2026
Chu Chin Chow (Frederic Norton & Oscar Asche) – 1959 London studio cast recording & additional numbers + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections by the original 1916 London cast members
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Musical Theatre Melodies 18-August-2026
Rags (Charles Strouse & Stephen Schwartz) – 1990 studio cast recording with members of the original 1986 Broadway cast + a selection of original cast recordings from Broadway musicals of 1910 (the year of Rags’ setting)
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Musical Theatre Melodies 11-August-2026
Oh, Kay! (George & Ira Gershwin & Howard Dietz) – 1994 New York studio cast recording + additional recordings by the original 1927 London cast and 1960 off-Broadway revival cast members
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Musical Theatre Melodies 4-August-2026
Liza of Lambeth (Cliff Adams, William Rushton & Berny Stringle) – 1976 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a tribute to Bill Oddie featuring songs and sketches from Cambridge Circus (Footlights revue) – 1963 original London cast "live" recording
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Musical Theatre Melodies 28-July-2026
The Geisha (Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbank) – 1998 London studio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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Musical Theatre Melodies 21-July-2026
The Adventures of Marco Polo (Clay Warnick, Mel Pahl & Edward Eager - based on the themes of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) – 1956 U.S. TV cast recording + selections from the 2019 compilation CD album Alfred Drake – Lucky to Be Me – A Life in Music featuring recordings from 1940 to 1962
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Musical Theatre Melodies 14-July-2026
So Long, 137th Street (Stan Daniels) – cast recording featuring members of the original 1976 Broadway production + selections from A Jolly Theatrical Season – 1963 album featuring Robert Morse and Charles Nelson Reilly
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