“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 29
August and repeated at 11pm on Monday 30 August. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 2018
Jukebox musicals were big on Broadway in 2018. There was ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’,
‘Escape to Margaritaville’ featured the music of Jimmy Buffett and ‘Head Over
Heels’ had music by The Go-Gos. 2018 was
also notable for musicals based on films, including’ Pretty Woman’, Frozen’ and
‘Mean Girls’. The only original new
musical was ‘The Prom’.
Songs in this program include ‘No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)’, ‘Heaven Is A Place On Earth’, ‘Margaritaville’, ‘Get Up And Go’ and ‘It’s Not About Me’.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
