“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 27
March and repeated at 11pm on Monday 28 March.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1939
1939 was a year of great variety. Cole Porter produced ‘Du Barry Was A Lady’ and Jerome Kern’s last musical, ‘Very Warm For May’ opened. Carmen Miranda exploded onto Broadway in ‘The Streets Of Paris’ and ‘Too Many Girls’ was the new musical from Rodgers and Hart.
You’ll hear songs from these shows and others including ‘Friendship’ (from ‘Du Barry Was A Lady’), ‘South American Way’ (‘Streets Of Paris’), ‘I Didn’t Know What Time It Was’ (‘Too Many Girls’), ‘I’ve Been To A Marvellous Party’ (Set To Music’) and ‘All The Things You Are’ (‘Very Warm For May’).
Performers include Ethel Merman, Bert Lahr, Carmen Miranda, Anthony Perkins, Gertrude Lawrence, Steve Ross, Rebecca Luker and Sarah Vaughan.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
