“The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 6 February and repeated at 11pm on Monday 7 February. The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
1935 was a year of contrasts on Broadway. George Gershwin premiered his folk opera, ‘Porgy And Bess’’, and Rodgers and Hart wrote the score for the massive circus musical, ‘Jumbo’. Cole Porter presented a musical about European royalty, ‘Jubilee’, and 'At Home Abroad' was a revue with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others including ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ (‘Porgy and Bess’), ‘Begin the Beguine’ and ‘Just One Of Those Things’ (‘Jubilee’), ‘Little Girl Blue’ (‘Jumbo’) and ‘The Hottentot Potentate’ (‘At Home Abroad’).
Performers include Emily Skinner, Cab Calloway, Ethel Waters, Douglas Sills, Dorothy Loudon, Jack Cassidy and Lisa Kirk.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
