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
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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Sweet Charity (Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields) – 1966 original Broadway cast recording + an archival radio report of the show’s opening night and interviews with Ethel Merman, Gwen Verdon, Helen Gallagher and librettist Neil Simon + selections from Cy Coleman’s 1966 record album If My Friends Could See Me Now & from Barbara Cook’s 1993 CD album Close as Pages in a Book paying tribute to the lyrics of Do...
The Mad Show (Mary Rodgers, with lyrics by Marshall Barer, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Steven Vinaver & Stephen Sondheim, & sketches by Larry Siegel & Stan Hart) – 1966 original off-Broadway cast recording + Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves 40 (Mary Rodgers & Sammy Cahn) – 1957 U.S. studio recording + an archival interview with Mary Rodgers (from 1994) + selections from Once Upon a Mattress (Mary Rodgers & M...
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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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rupert Holmes) – 1985 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with the Tony Award-winning composer–lyricist–librettist Rupert Holmes
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Charlie Girl (David Heneker & John Taylor) – original 1965 London cast recording + an interview with John Taylor + additional numbers from the 1986 London revival cast recording
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Snoopy - The Musical (Larry Grossman & Hal Hackady) – original 1983 London cast recording + an interview with award-winning composer Larry Grossman + a tribute to Toni Lamond featuring an excerpt from her cabaret show “A Life in Show Business” – 1994 "live" performance recording
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Pipe Dream (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2012 New York City Center Encores! “live” revival cast recording + an interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin
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Anya (Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + an introduction by Walter Willison + an archival interview with original cast member Constance Towers from 2016 + selections from Anastasia – The Musical (Robert Wright & George Forrest) – 1991 New York studio cast recording
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Through the Years (Vincent Youmans & Edward Heyman) – 2001 New York studio cast recording + an interview with Aaron Gandy + vocal selections from the 2015 studio album The Musicality of Vincent Youmans conducted by Aaron Gandy (repeat broadcast from 18 January 2022)
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Skyscraper (James Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + The Zulu and the Zayda (Harold Rome) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording
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Billion Dollar Baby (Morton Gould, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1998 off-Broadway York Theatre Company revival cast recording + introduction and narration by New York Musical Director and vocal coach Michael Lavine + Arms and the Girl (Morton Gould, & Dorothy Fields) – 1950 original Broadway cast recording
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Jolson - The Musical (various) – original 1995 London "live" cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of Al Jolson's early acoustic recordings from 1911 to 1920
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