“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 19th
of September and repeated at 11pm on Monday 20th of September. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1984
1984 saw the opening of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sunday In the Park with George’ with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters. Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera starred in ‘The Rink’ with music by Kander and Ebb. Galt MacDermot, of ‘Hair’ fame, wrote the music for ‘The Human Comedy’ and August Wilson’s play with music, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ also opened on Broadway that year.
There were also a number of new musicals that closed quickly, including ‘Diamonds’, ‘Brownstone’ and ‘Haarlem Nocturne’. You’ll hear songs from all of them.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
