“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 31st
of October and repeated at 11pm on Monday 1st of November. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1914
1914’s musicals still included imported operettas but things were changing with the increasing reputation of local composers like Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin. In addition, the war in Europe began to influence the content of some of the new shows.
Songs in this program include some that are still known today, such as ‘Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers’ (sung by Al Jolson), ‘You’re Here And I’m Here’ and ‘They Didn’t Believe Me’ (both composed for different shows by Jerome Kern) and ‘Play A Simple Melody’ (composed by Irving Berlin).
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
