“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 5
December and repeated at 11pm on Monday 6 December. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1972
1972 was the year that the musical, ‘Grease’ first opened on Broadway. It was also the year of Bob Fosse’s award-winning musical, ‘Pippin’ and the popular black musical revue, ‘Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope’. Then there were the disastrous flops ‘Dude’ and ‘Via Galactica’, both by the composer of ‘Hair’, Galt McDermot.
Songs in this program include ‘Corner Of The Sky’ (‘Pippin’), ‘Summer Nights’ (‘Grease’), ‘I Gotta Keep Moving’ (‘Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope’), ‘Pears and Apples’ (‘Dude’) and ‘400 Girls Ago’ (‘Via Galactica’).
Performers in this program include Barry Bostwick, Carol Demas, Tony Roberts, Robert Morse, Salome Bey, Ben Vereen and Australia’s John Farnham from the Australian cast recording of ‘Pippin’.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
