September 6-8: (02-G-45-00036, 09/03/02): Reissue Bonanza. During the summer, a dozen and a half original Broadway cast albums were reissued, and most had not been on CD before. This week we’ll sample most of them in a reissue bonanza.
September 13-15: (02-G-45-00037, 09/10/02): “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. Stephen Sondheim’s first show on Broadway with both his words and his music, along with songs written for the show but not used.
September 20-22: (02-G-45-00038, 09/17/02): New Paper and Plastic for Fall. The season’s new books, discs, and videos.
September 27-29: (02-G-45-00039, 09/03/02): There’s Something About a War. The show “Oh, What A Lovely War” and related martial show music.
October 4-6: (02-G-45-00040, 10/01/02): The New Broadway Season
October 11-13: (02-G-45-00041, 10/8/02): Politics and Poker. The national elections are less than a month off, so this week, Broadway Revisited will present Broadway’s take on the process. Political Science 101, this week on Broadway Revisited.
October 19-21: (02-G-45-00042, 10/15/02) ‘Tis Autumn. Broadway Revisited notes the season with songs about the fall quarter. Performers include Bolcom & Morris, Walter Huston, and the original cast of Second City. ‘Tis autumn on Broadway Revisited.
October 25-28: (02-G-45-00043, 10/22/02): The Film Musicals of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Two of our leading performers of show tunes didn’t sing them on Broadway, but their film contributions are lasting. This week Broadway Revisited revisits the film musicals of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland.
November 1-3: (02-G-45-00044, 10/29/02): Chronological Musicals: A century and a half of Broadway. This week we illustrate a new book documenting the last century and a half of American musical theater with a show from each of the decades. Race through 150 years in an hour this week on Broadway Revisited.
November 8-10: (02-G-45-00045, 11/5/02): The Words and Music of Frank Loesser: “Guys and Dolls” was just one of the shows and film scores of Frank Loesser, and this week Broadway Revisited will examine his life and words and music. The songs and shows of Frank Loesser, this week on Broadway Revisited.
November 15-17: (02-G-45-00046, 11/12/02): “Two Gentlemen of Verona”. The Shakespeare musical by John Guare and Galt MacDermot, starring Raul Julia.
November 22-24: (02-G-45-00047, 11/19/02): Jerome Kern’s “Music in the Air”. An overlooked score supplemented with other Kern operetta songs.
November 29-December 1: (02-G-45-00048, 11/26/02): Stan Freberg presents the United States of America. A patriotic musical for records, suitable for the Thanksgiving weekend.
December 6-8: (02-G-45-00049, 12/03/02): New Plastic: Seasonal new releases.
December 13-15: (02-G-45-00050, 12/10/02): “The Most Happy Fella” Frank Loesser’s blend of Broadway and opera in the Napa Valley.
December 20-22: (02-G-45-00051, 12/17/02): Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” on Broadway plus more theatrical seasonal songs.
December 27-29: (02-G-45-00052, 12/24/02): A New Year’s Cabaret. Good songs, good singers.
January 3-5: (02-G-45-00053, 12/31/02): The Lives and Works of Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Beginning with “On the Town”in 1944, Comden and Green contributed some of Broadway and Hollywood’s best books and lyrics.
January 10-12: (03-G-45-00001, 1/7/03): Divas. Broadway doesn’t have divas like those in opera, but it has had Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Barbra Streisand, and others, including some newcomers.
January 17-19: (03-G-45-00002, 1/14/03): Stereotypes. The theater depends on stereotypes, sometimes using them, sometimes working against them. This week Broadway Revisited offers several case studies.
January 24-26: (03-G-45-00003, 1/21/03): “The Threepenny Opera”. The influential masterpiece of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.
January 31-February 2: (03-G-45-00004, 1/28/03): Carol Channing. The career of Channing with extended attention to "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”.
February 7-9: (03-G-45-00005, 2/4/03): A Pair of Madwomen: The Madwomen of Chaillot and Central Park West. Two nominal lunatics are the subjects of this week’s Broadway Revisited: Angela Lansbury, as the Madwoman of Chaillot, and Phyllis Newman, as the Madwoman of Central Park West.
February 14-16: (03-G-45-00006, 2/11/03): Rosemary Clooney and Mel Tormé: Good old good ones sung by a pair of the best.
February 21-23: (03-G-45-00007, 2/18/03): Sondheim on Sondheim. In a new book, Stephen Sondheim discusses his compositional techniques, and this week we’ll illustrate them with some of his examples.
February 28-March 2: (03-G-45-00008, 2/25/03): The Winter’s New Plastic.
March 7-9: (03-G-45-00009, 3/4/03): The Words and Music of Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Arthur Schwartz composed dozens of fine songs from the twenties to the sixties, mostly with lyrics by his partner Howard Dietz. Dietz and Schwartz this week on Broadway Revisited.
March 14-16: (03-G-45-00010, 3/11/03): Gender Wars. “What Is a Man?”, asked Rodgers and Hart in “Pal Joey”, and Lerner & Loewe wondered “Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like A Man?” in “My Fair Lady”. With these and a dozen other similar inquiries, this week Broadway Revisited will explore the conflict.
March 21-24: (03-G-45-00011, 3/18/03): The Lyrics of Sheldon Harnick. Sheldon Harnick has been writing good lyrics for half a century, including Fiorello, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, and his latest, a musical version of It’s A Wonderful Life. Hear songs from these and more, with several rare selections from Fiddler, this week when Broadway Revisited reviews the life and work of Sheldon Harnick.
March 28-30: (03-G-45-00012, 3/25/03): The Sound of Money. For pledge week, an abbreviated program with breaks will feature an assortment of choice selections designed to encourage good feeling and open checkbooks.
April 4-6: (03-G-45-00013, 4/1/03: "Moby!". The lost musical version of "Moby Dick" and other Broadway rarities to celebrate the beginning of April.
April 11-13: (03-G-45-00014, 4/8/03): “New Faces”. This week Broadway Revisited samples three editions of the classic Leonard Sillman revues starring Maggie Smith, Eartha Kitt, and others of his discoveries.
April 18-20: (03-G-45-00015, 4/15/03): “Easter Parade”. This week, Broadway Revisited will use the calendar as an excuse to play a lot of Irving Berlin songs from his film “Easter Parade”. Berlin mixed new songs with recycled material, all performed with style by Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
April 25-27: (03-G-45-00016, 4/22/03): April in Paris. Broadway shows liked to include songs about Paris. This April, we’ll hear an hour’s worth of them.
May 2-4: (03-G-45-00017, 4/29/03): Leftover Lyricists. There have been many lyricist biographies on Broadway Revisited, and this week we’ll review the careers of several who have been overlooked because Broadway was not their primary focus.
May 9-11: (03-G-45-00018, 5/6/03): Angela Lansbury and Anthony Perkins. Jessica Fletcher meets Norman Bates.
May 16-18: (03-G-45-00019, 5/13/03): The City Center Encores. Every year New York’s City Center present s concert versions of three musicals of the past. This week we’ll sample recordings of seven of these mini-revivals.
May 23-25: (03-G-45-00020, 5/20/03): Spring New Paper and Plastic. New compact discs, books, and musical videos of the season.
May 30-June 1: (03-G-45-00021, 5/27/03): “Porgy and Bess”— the Opera. The hit songs from the opera in their original operatic settings.
June 6-8: (03-G-45-00022, 6/3/03): The 2003 Tony Awards Preview. And a review of the 2002-2003 season.
Songwriter Summer on Broadway Revisited
June 13-15: (03-G-45-00023, 6/10/03): Gilbert and Sullivan’s Greatest Hits. At the turn of the other century, Gilbert and Sullivan were a major influence on what would become the American musical.
June 20-22: (03-G-45-00024, 6/17/03): The Words and Music of Irving Berlin. Someone asked Jerome Kern about Irving Berlin's place in American music. Kern replied, "Irving Berlin is American music."
June 27-29: (03-G-45-00025, 6/24/03): The Music and Lyrics of Cole Porter. Cole Porter was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of any century, and this week Broadway Revisited uses as many records that will fit in an hour to illustrate his range and his life.
July 4-6: (03-G-45-00026, 7/1/03): The Lyrics of Sheldon Harnick. Sheldon Harnick has been writing good lyrics for half a century, including Fiorello, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, and It’s A Wonderful Life. Hear songs from these and more when Broadway Revisited reviews the life and work of Sheldon Harnick.
July 11-13: (03-G-45-00027, 7/8/03): Bernstein's Broadway. Leonard Bernstein only wrote a few Broadway shows, but most of them are classics. This week, Broadway Revisited covers Bernstein's Broadway, with an extended visit with his "Candide".
July 18-20: (03-G-45-00028, 7/15/03): Noël Coward. Noël Coward’s words and music were heard on Broadway and in the West End from the ‘twenties to the ‘sixties.
July 27-27: (03-G-45-00029, 7/22/03): Vincent Youmans. Vincent Youmans was one of the most important Broadway composers of the 'twenties and 'thirties. This week's Broadway Revisited reviews his life and work
August 1-3: (03-G-45-00030, 7/29/03): The Words and Music of Frank Loesser: “Guys and Dolls” was just one of the shows and film scores of Frank Loesser, and this week Broadway Revisited will examine his life and words and music.
August 8-10: (03-G-45-00031, 8/5/03): The Lives and Words of Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Beginning with “On the Town”in 1944, Comden and Green contributed some of Broadway and Hollywood’s best books and lyrics.
August 15-17: (03-G-45-00032, 8/12/03): The Words and Music of Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Arthur Schwartz composed dozens of fine songs from the twenties to the sixties, mostly with lyrics by his partner Howard Dietz.
August 22-24: (03-G-45-00033, 8/19/03): Leftover Lyricists. There have been many lyricist biographies on Broadway Revisited, and this week we’ll review the careers of several who have been overlooked because Broadway was not their primary focus.