“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 29
May and repeated at 11pm on Monday 30 May.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1989
Nostalgia was big on Broadway in 1989 with several shows in period settings such as ‘Grand Hotel’, ‘City Of Angels’ and ‘Meet Me In St. Louis’. Broadway also looked back to the past with ‘Black And Blue’, a revue of music by black performers of the 20s and 30s, and ‘Jerome Robbins Broadway’, a salute to one of Broadway’s famous director/choreographers.
You’ll hear songs from these shows and others including ‘Mr Monotony’ (from ‘Jerome Robbins Broadway’), ‘I Want To Go To Hollywood’ (‘Grand Hotel’), ‘I’m Confessin’ That I Love You’ (‘Black And Blue’), ‘The Boy Next Door’ (‘Meet Me In St. Louis’) and ‘You Can Always Count On Me’ (‘City Of Angels’).
Performers include original Broadway cast members Debbie Gravitte, Jane Krakowski, Carrie Smith, Betty Garrett and Randy Graff.
