“The Broadway
Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 9
October and repeated at 11pm on 10 October.
The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic,
music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 2016
In 2016, several first timers composed for Broadway. There was Edie Brickell for ‘Bright Star’, Sara Bareilles for ‘Waitress’, Chris Miller for ‘Tuck Everlasting’ and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for ‘Dear Evan Hansen’. ‘Shuffle Long or The Making Of The Broadway Sensation Of 1921 And All That Followed’ was a revival of sorts with an amazing cast and ‘Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet of 1812’ brought a bit of Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ to Broadway.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others including: ‘Everything’s Golden (from ‘Tuck Everlasting’), ‘I’m Just Simply Full Of Jazz’ (’Shuffle Along…’), ‘She Used To Be Mine’ (‘Waitress’), ‘Sun Is Gonna Shine’ (’Bright Star’), ‘Dust And Ashes’ (‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet Of 1812’) and ‘Waving Through A Window’ (‘Dear Evan Hansen’).
Performers include original cast members Josh Groban, Audra McDonald, Terrence Mann, Adrienne Warren, Jesse Mueller, Carmen Cusack and Ben Platt.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
