“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 12th
of September and repeated at 11pm on Monday 13th of September. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1949
1949 was the year of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s now legendary war-time musical, ‘South Pacific’. It was also the year of the song ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’ sung by Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’.
You’ll also hear performances by Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza in ‘South Pacific’. Todd Duncan sings ‘Lost In The Stars’ from the Kurt Weill musical of the same name and Eddie Albert, the star of the 1960s hit TV show, ‘Green Acres’, sings ‘Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk’ from Irving Berlin’s period musical, ‘Miss Liberty’.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
