“The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 8 May and repeated at 11pm on Monday 9 May. The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1974
In 1974, ‘The Magic Show’ with music by Stephen Schwartz, later of ’Wicked’ fame, started a long run. Jerry Herman’s silent movie era musical, ‘Mack & Mabel’, opened and Carol Channing starred in ‘Lorelei’, a revised version of ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. The Andrews Sisters also appeared on Broadway in a nostalgic musical, ‘Over Here’.
You’ll hear songs from these shows and others including ‘I Won’t Send Roses’ (from ‘Mack & Mabel’), ‘Where Did The Good Times Go’ (‘Over Here’), ‘Looking Back’ (‘Lorelei’) and ‘Sweet Sweet Sweet’ (‘The Magic Show’).
Performers include Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Robert Preston, Anita Morris and Patty Andrews.
