Musical Theatre Melodies

Rex (Richard Rodgers & Sheldon Harnick) – 1976 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Sheldon Harnick (recorded in 2015) + demo recordings of "cut" songs written for Rex performed by Sheldon Harnick

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The Bing Boys Are Here (Nat D. Ayer & Clifford Grey) – 1916 original London cast recordings + introduction by Rex Bunnett + With a Song in My Heart: Nat D. Ayer – 1952 episode of the 3DB Melbourne radio series

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On Your Toes (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) – 1954 Broadway revival cast recording + an interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin

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It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman (Charles Strouse & Lee Adams) – 1966 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Mr. Wonderful (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener & George Weiss) – 1956 original Broadway cast recording

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St. Louis Woman (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer) – 1946 original Broadway cast recording + additional numbers from the 1998 New York City Center “Encores!” revival cast recording + selections from Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer’s score for the 1946 MGM motion picture musical The Harvey Girls from the 1946 soundtrack recordings

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State Fair (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1996 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin + additional songs from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack recordings of State Fair for which Richard Rodgers wrote both music and lyrics

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My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe) – 1956 original Broadway cast recording + archival interviews with Alan Jay Lerner and Miles Kreuger + selections from Lyrics by Lerner – 1956 studio album featuring Alan Jay Lerner performing his own songs

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The Grand Duke (or, The Statutory Duel) (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1973 University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society cast recording conducted by Eric Stern + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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Bubbling Brown Sugar (Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, “Fats” Waller, Eubie Blake, et al) – 1976 original Broadway cast recording + orchestral & vocal selections from the 3 CD albums of Black Manhattan featuring the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra conducted by Rick Benjamin

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When You’re Young (John Hanson) – 1966 British touring cast recording + an interview with cast member Nigel Rideout + a selection of solos and duets performed by John Hanson from Lilac Time, The Student Prince, The Vagabond King, The Desert Song, Bitter Sweet and Glamorous Night with Jane Fyffe, Doreen Hume and June Bronhill.

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Summer Song (Dvorak adapt. Bernard Grun & Eric Maschwitz) – 1956 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Balalaika (George Posford, Bernard Grun & Eric Maschwitz,) – 1961 Australian studio cast recording

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The Match Girls (Tony Russell & Bill Owen) – 1966 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from The Queen is Mad (Tom McGrath & Amy Clare Tasker) – 2024 London & 2025 Edinburgh cast recordings

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On the Level (Ron Grainer & Ronald Millar) – 1966 original London cast recording + a selection of TV and movie themes written by Australian composer Ron Grainer, including those for Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, The Prisoner, Maigret and other iconic British TV series from the 1960s and ‘70s.

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Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim) – 1976 original Broadway cast recording + selections from Sondheim – A Musical Tribute featuring an all-star Broadway cast performing the songs of Sondheim recorded “live” in concert at the Shubert Theatre in New York on the evening of 11 March 1973.

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Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway (George M. Cohan) – 1959 U.S. TV cast recording + an episode of the 1951 3DB Melbourne radio series With a Song in My Heart paying tribute to George M. Cohan + a selection of recordings by George M. Cohan from 1911 and a song medley recorded at a “live” concert performance in 1940.

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Tip-Toes (George & Ira Gershwin) – 1998 Carnegie Hall concert production cast recording + George Gershwin at the piano playing his music for Tip-Toes and Oh, Kay! recorded in 1926 + the 3rd movement of his Piano Concerto in F + Victor Arden & Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra playing medleys from Tip-Toes recorded in 1926.

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"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" interview with Rupert Holmes (full-length) - 23 December 2025

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