“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 24
April and repeated at 11pm on Monday 25 April.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1943
In 1943, Mary Martin became an established Broadway star with Kurt Weill’s ‘One Touch Of Venus’. Oscar Hammerstein produced and wrote the lyrics for ‘Carmen Jones’, a modern black version of the opera ‘Carmen’ and Cole Porter had a big hit with ‘Something For The Boys’. The biggest hit of the year was ‘Oklahoma!’ which influenced the direction of Broadway shows well into the future.
You’ll hear songs from these shows and others including ‘Speak Low’ (‘from ‘One Touch of Venus’), ‘Dat’s Love’ (‘Carmen Jones’), ‘The Leader Of A Big Time Band’ (‘Something For The Boys’) and ‘The Surrey with the Fringe On Top’ (‘Oklahoma!’).
Performers include Mary Martin, Celeste Holm, Alfred Drake, Muriel Smith, Kim Criswell, Andre de Shields and Vivienne Segal.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
