“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 26th
of September and repeated at 11pm on Monday 27th of September. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1928
1928 on Broadway was a busy year full of variety. There was the now legendary operetta ‘The New Moon’, with music by Sigmund Romberg, as well as the musical comedies, Rodgers and Hart’s ‘Present Arms’, ‘Whoopee’ with Eddie Cantor and ‘Animal Crackers’ with the Marx Brothers.
Performers in this program include Jeanette McDonald (‘Lover Come Back To Me’), Elaine Stritch (‘You Took Advantage Of Me’), Eddie Cantor (‘Makin’ Whoopee’), Helen Kane (‘I Want To Be Loved By You’) and Groucho Marx (‘Hooray For Captain Spaulding’).
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
