Musical Theatre Melodies

Musical Theatre Melodies

Rob pays tribute to the best of Broadway, London's West End, the Australian stage and the occasional European operetta in a 2 hour program on 96.5 Inner FM Melbourne celebrating significant anniversaries in the world of Musical Theatre.

Episodes

May 14, 2024 120 mins

Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim) – 1984 original Broadway cast recording + song selections from Bernadette Peters’ 1996 Carnegie Hall “live” concert album Sondheim, Etc.  

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Billy (John Barry & Don Black) – 1974 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + song selections from Michael Crawford - A Touch of Music in the Night - 1993 CD album

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April 30, 2024 120 mins

Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Tim Rice) – 1994 original Broadway cast recording + interview with original cast member Beth Fowler

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April 23, 2024 119 mins

Peg (David Henecker) – 2084 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + song selections from the musicals of David Heneker

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April 16, 2024 119 mins

Bullets Over Broadway (various) – 2014 original Broadway cast recording + song medleys from popular Broadway musicals of the 1920s, including No, No, Nanette, Dearest Enemy, Sunny, Merry-Merry, The Cocoanuts, Oh, Kay!, Peggy-Ann, Rio Rita and Hold Everything, recorded between 1925 – ‘29

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April 9, 2024 120 mins

High Spirits (Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + interview with original cast member Adrienne Angel + Love From Judy (Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray) – 1952 original London cast highlights recording

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April 2, 2024 119 mins

Anyone Can Whistle (Stephen Sondheim) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + demo recordings of additional and cut songs performed by Sondheim + selections from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – 1963 original London cast recording

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March 26, 2024 120 mins

Napoleon (Timothy Williams & Andrew Sabiston) – 1994 Canadian cast highlights recording + introduction by Andrew Sabiston and Timothy Williams + additional numbers from the 2023 Seoul cast recording

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March 19, 2024 120 mins

Starlight Express (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Richard Stilgoe) – 1984 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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March 12, 2024 119 mins

Funny Girl (Jule Styne & Bob Merrill) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2014) + a tribute to Fanny Brice performing songs & sketches from The Ziegfeld Follies, and on film and U.S. radio from the 1920s to the 1940s

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March 5, 2024 120 mins

Over Here! (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman) – 1974 original Broadway cast recording + a selection of songs by the Sherman brothers written for Walter Disney motion pictures from the original soundtrack recordings (including archival interviews)

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February 27, 2024 119 mins

What Makes Sammy Run? (Ervin Drake) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Steve Lawrence (from 2010) + selections from Golden Rainbow (Walter Marks) – 1968 original Broadway cast recording

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February 20, 2024 120 mins

The Girl in Pink Tights (Sigmund Romberg & Leop Robin) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Walter Willison about Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunion Honoring Tommy Tune’s 85th Birthday at 54 Below, in New York City + private demo recordings of Robert Wright and George Forrest singing songs from their score for the 1989 musical, and recordings of additional songs written for t...

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February 13, 2024 119 mins

Conversation Piece (Noël Coward) – 1951 U.S. Columbia studio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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February 6, 2024 120 mins

The Rink (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – 1984 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Chita Rivera from 2020

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January 30, 2024 120 mins

Lorelei (Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1973-74 original cast recording + an interview with original cast member Lee Roy Reams + selections from Carol Channing's 2009 solo album For Heaven's Sake

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January 23, 2024 120 mins

Sweet Little Devil (George Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 2012 New York studio cast recording + Blue Monday (George Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 1954 U.S. radio cast recording

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January 16, 2024 119 mins

Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with original cast member Sondra Lee + a tribute to Hello, Dolly! performed by Jerry Herman, Karen Morrow & Lee Roy Reams – 1989 "live" New York cabaret recording + additional songs added to the score performed by Ethel Merman and David Hyde Pierce.

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January 9, 2024 118 mins

Princess Ida (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1932 HMV recording featuring members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. + introduction by Rex Bunnett 

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January 2, 2024 120 mins

Putting It Together (Stephen Sondheim) – 1993 original off-Broadway cast recording + selections from Side By Side By Sondheim – 1977 original Australian cast recording

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