Saturday, October 9, 2021

THE BROADWAY MUSICALS YEARBOOK 1997 (RADIO PROGRAM PROMO)

 



THE BROADWAY MUSICALS YEARBOOK 1997

 “The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 10th of October and repeated at 11pm on Monday 11th of October.  The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.

This week – the musicals of 1997

1997 was the year that everyone laughed about an impending new musical called ‘Titanic’.  It went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical.  It even beat ‘The Lion King’ which also opened that year.  1997 was also the year of Frank Wildhorn’s ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ and another Kander and Ebb musical, ‘Steel Pier’.

Songs in this program include ‘Circle Of Life’ (‘The Lion King’), ‘No-one Knows Who I Am’ (‘Jekyll & Hyde’), ‘The Proposal/The Night Was Alive’ (‘Titanic’) and ‘Everybody Dance’ (‘Steel Pier’.

 Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/