Musical Theatre Melodies

By Jeeves (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Alan Ayckbourn) – 1996 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Kissing Time (Ivan Caryll & P.G. Wodehouse) – 1919 original London cast recording

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Come Spy With Me (Bryan Blackburn) – 1966 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs recorded by Barbara Windsor from Lionel Bart’s Twang!! and Danny La Rue from Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly!

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The Baker’s Wife (Stephen Schwartz) – 1976 U.S. tour cast recording + additional songs from the 1989 original London cast recording 

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Trelawny (Julian Slade) – 1972 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + selections from Julian Slade’s 1980 album Looking For a Piano, featuring the composer-lyricist performing his own songs and reminiscing about his various stage shows. – (repeat broadcast from August 2022)

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Mame (Jerry Herman) – 1966 original Broadway cast recording + archival interviews with Jerry Herman and Angela Lansbury from 1996 + excerpts from An Evening With Jerry Herman – 1974 New York "live" concert recording

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Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – 1966 New York revival cast recording + additional numbers from the 1990 London studio cast recording + an interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin

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A Bunch of Ratbags (Peter Pinne & Don Battye) – 2005 Melbourne revival cast recording + an archival interview with Peter Pinne from 2014 + selections from the 1966 original Melbourne cast recording & cover versions of songs from the score

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Side By Side By Sondheim (music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, plus music by Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, Richard Rodgers & Mary Rodgers) – 1976 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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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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