“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 19
June and repeated at 11pm on Monday 20 June.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1991
1991 saw only four new musicals on Broadway. There was ‘Miss Saigon’, with its Vietnam War theme, the re-creation of the opulent early 20th century follies shows in ‘The Will Rogers Follies’ and the dark emotions of the Victorian era’s ‘The Secret Garden’. Dashiell Hammett’s wise-cracking ‘The Thin Man’ detective stories also became a musical with ‘Nick & Nora’. Three of these shows were hits and one was a disastrous flop.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows including ‘The American Dream’ (‘Miss Saigon’), ‘Lily’s Eyes’ (‘The Secret Garden’), ‘Will-A-Mania’ (‘The Will Rogers Follies’) and ‘Everybody Wants To Do A Musical’ (‘Nick & Nora’).
Performers include Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga, Phillip Quast, Meredith Braun, Christine Baranaski, Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Barry Bostwick and Joanna Gleeson.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
