“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 21
August and repeated at 11pm on Monday 22 August. The show is produced and narrated by Len
Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1983
In 1983, Jerry Herman’s musical, ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ burst onto Broadway and Twiggy starred in the Gershwin musical, ‘My One And Only’. Angela Lansbury brought Jerry Herman’s ‘Mame’ back to Broadway and in a revival of the musical, ‘Zorba’, Anthony Quinn sang and danced the role he made famous in the movie, ‘Zorba The Greek’. Other new musicals that opened in 1983 included ‘The Tap Dance Kid’, Doonesbury’, ‘Merlin’, ‘Dance A Little Closer’ and ‘Baby’.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows including: ‘The Best Of Times’ (from ‘La Cage Aux Folles’), ‘Boy Wanted’ (‘My One And Only’), ‘The Story Goes On’ (‘Baby’), ‘Tap Tap’ (‘The Tap Dance Kid’) and ‘Goodbye Canavaro’ (‘Zorba’).
Performers include: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Twiggy, Tommy Tune, Anthony Quinn, Alan Weekes and Lila Kedrova.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
