“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 17
July and repeated at 11pm on Monday 18 July.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 2004
In 2004, Bollywood Indian music arrived on Broadway in ‘Bombay Dreams’. Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ also played on Broadway for the first time and there were the new musicals, ‘Caroline or Change’ and ‘Brooklyn’. ‘Dracula: The Musical’ also spread its wings.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others including ‘Shakalaka Baby’ (from ‘Bombay Dreams’), ‘I Am Unworthy Of Your Love’ (‘Assassins’), ‘I Got Four Kids’ (‘Caroline Or Change’), ‘Please Don’t Make Me Love You’ (’Dracula: The Musical’) and ‘Once Upon A Time’ (‘Brooklyn’).
Performers include Nathan Lane, Raza Jaffrey, Tonya Pinkins, Annie Golden, Kate Shindle, Eden Espinoza and Patrick Cassidy.
