“The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 11 July and repeated at 11pm on Monday 12 July. The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1924
In 1924, the operetta ‘The Student Prince’ opened on Broadway. George and Ira Gershwin had a big hit with ‘Lady, Be Good’ and there also Jerome Kern’s ‘Sitting Pretty’. In addition, ‘The Greenwich Village Follies’ was one of several revues that opened that year.
Songs in this program include Gershwin’s ‘Fascinating Rhythm’, Kern’s ‘Tulip Time In Sing Sing’, ‘Limehouse Blues’ sung by Gertrude Lawrence, a Cole Porter rarity, ‘I’m In Love Again’ and ‘The Drinking Song’ from ‘The Student Prince’.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
