“The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 14 August and repeated at 11pm on Monday 15 August. The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the
musicals of 1937
In 1937, the team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
produced two shows for Broadway, ‘Babes in Arms’ and ‘I’d Rather Be
Right’. It was also the year of the
popular Union show ‘Pins And Needles’ and the controversial, ‘The Cradle Will
Rock’.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows including: ‘My
Funny Valentine’ and ‘the Lady Is A Tramp’ (from ‘Babes in Arms’), ‘Nobody
Makes A Pass At Me’ (‘Pins and Needles’), ‘Have You Met Miss Jones’ (‘I’d
Rather Be Right’) and ‘Joe Worker’ (‘The Cradle Will Rock’).
Performers include: Kristen Chenoweth, Bing Crosby, Blossom
Dearie, Bobby Short, Barbra Streisand, Michael Feinstein, Micki Grant and Mary
Martin.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
