Broadway Revisited

September 3-5: (99-G45-00035, 08/31/99) Working.  Broadway Revisited begins the 1999-Y2K season with a Labor Day Weekend visit to the musical version of Studs Terkel's Working, along with Pins and Needles, the long-running 1937 show starring and produced by members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

September 11-13: (99-G45-00036, 09/07/99) As Time Goes By.  Did you know that As Time Goes By and How High the Moon entered the American musical scene on Broadway?  They did, along with Body and Soul and many other permanent standards.  This week Broadway Revisited salutes an hour's worth of these evergreens.

September 18-20: (99-G45-00037, 09/14/99) ‘Tis Autumn.  Autumn comes around again this weekend, and Broadway Revisited notes the event with seasonal songs.  Most of the songs are about September, but the fall quarter includes November and December, so there's a nod to them, too.  Performers include Bolcom & Morris, Walter Huston, and the original cast of Second City.

September 25-27: (99-G45-00038, 09/21/99) Get Out of Town.  Transportation is the subject this week on Broadway Revisited, with show tunes covering everything from streetcars to ocean liners.   Let's Get Away from It All this week on Broadway Revisited.

October 1-4: (99-G45-00039, 09/28/99) Wonderful Town.  Leonard Bernstein's second Broadway musical was Wonderful Town, based on Ruth McKenney's My Sister Eileen stories for the New Yorker.  This week on Broadway Revisited, hear some of the original cast record and a sparkling new  recording of the score. Wonderful Town, this week on Broadway Revisited.

October 8-11: (99-G45-00040, 10/05/99) Season Preview---  1999-2000 on Broadway.  New shows by Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber are just a couple of the thirty-two new musicals and revivals opening on Broadway this season.  This week, we'll preview as many as we can on Broadway Revisited.

October 15-18: (99-G45-00041, 10/12/99) A Century of Musicals: The Twenties.  The  American musical appeared on Broadway--- in quantity--- after World War One.  This first chapter in our review of the century covers the early days of Kern, Berlin, and the other masters of the form.

October 22-25: (99-G45-00042, 10/19/99) A Century of Musicals: The Thirties.  When the Depression hit Broadway, the songwriters moved west.  This week's Broadway Revisited is bi-coastal, examining the contributions to the decade from New York and Hollywood.

October 29-November 1: (99-G45-00043, 10/26/99) A Century of Musicals: The Forties.  Broadway found new legs in the 1940's, with shows by Leonard Bernstein and the new team of Rodgers and Hammerstein.  This week, Broadway Revisited covers the changes.

November 5-8: (99-G45-00044, 11/2/99) A Century of Musicals: The Fifties.  With shows like Gypsy, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady, the nineteen fifties were a golden age on Broadway.  This week, Broadway Revisited covers the highlights.

November 12-15: (99-G45-00045, 11/9/99) A Century of Musicals: The Sixties.  With  Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and Bock and Harnick, a new generation joined Frank Loesser and Richard Rodgers on Broadway in the sixties.  This week, Broadway Revisited celebrates the newcomers.

November 19-22: (99-G45-00046, 11/16/99) A Century of Musicals: Up to the present.  The last thirty years have not been kind to new songwriters, but the established composers continued to deliver good new shows and long-running British imports kept the box office up.  This week, Broadway Revisited sums up the century.

November 26-29: (99-G45-00047, 11/23/99) The Hoagy Carmichael Centennial.  Hoagy Carmichael was born a century ago this week.  He only had one Broadway show, and it flopped, but he wrote some of the country's best songs, many for the movies.  We'll hear several of them this week on Broadway Revisited, with many performed by the composer himself.  Hoagy's century, this week on Broadway Revisited.

December 3-6: (99-G45-00048, 11/30/99) She Loves Me. Fiddler on the Roof was not the first time Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick visited eastern Europe. The year before, they had written She Loves Me, based on a Hungarian play, Parfumerie, by Miklos Laszlo, about the romantic aspirations of workers in a Budapest perfume shop in the nineteen thirties. This week, Broadway Revisited presents selections from one of the best of all Broadway scores, with Barbara Cook and the original cast.

December 10-12: (99-G45-00049, 12/7/99) What's New? This week, Broadway Revisited catches up with some of the good newly released and reissued compact discs that haven't fit a program topic.

December 17-19: (99-G45-00050, 12/14/99) A Broadway Christmas will feature the current Broadway version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, along with a Christmas cabaret and several seasonal songs from assorted shows. A different kind of Christmas program, this week on Broadway Revisited.

December 24-27: (99-G45-00051, 12/21/99) Mickey Mouse Music. No, it isn't Lawrence Welk or The Sorcerer's Apprentice. This week Broadway Revisited revisits the high points of Walt Disney's musical films, from the beginning through Beauty and the Beast.

December 31-January 3: (99-G45-00052, 12/28/99) Soundtrack of the Century. Columbia records has been around in one form or another for a hundred years, and they've recognized Y2K with a massive boxed set documenting our music. Plenty of it comes from the theater, and selections will fill the century-end Broadway Revisited.

January 7-10: (00-G45-00001, 01/04/00) A Little Night Music. This week Broadway Revisited lightens this season of long dark nights with an hour of midnight sun, and the musical version of Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of A Summer Night. Of course it's Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, this week on Broadway Revisited.

January 14-17: (00-G45-00002, 01/11/00) Bilingual Broadway. Some Broadway shows are exported farther than London, which requires translated lyrics— sometimes they gain something in the translation. We have an assortment of these, including Man of La Mancha in Spanish and Sweeney Todd in Basque. Bilingual Broadway, this week on Broadway Revisited.

January 21-24: (00-G45-00003, 01/18/00) Show Boat. Back in 1928, Show Boat was ‘way ahead of its time. This week we'll use an assortment of good recordings of the score to demonstrate why. The lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein, the music of Jerome Kern, and Show Boat, this week on Broadway Revisited.

January 28-31: (00-G45-00004, 01/25/00) 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. The Music and Lyrics of Cole Porter, this week on Broadway Revisited.

February 4-7: (00-G45-00005, 02/01/00) Comedy Tonight.  There was a time when "musicals" meant "musical comedy".  This week we sample some of the comic songs and sketches from classic shows from on and off Broadway.  Among the talents are those of Tom Lehrer and Mike Nichols and Elaine May.  Comedy Tonight this week on Broadway Revisited

February 11-14: (00-G45-00006, 02/08/00) My Funny Valentine. For Valentine's Day weekend, Broadway Revisited presents an assortment of theatrical love songs, some of them tender, but some comic Valentines, too.  My Funny Valentine, this week on Broadway Revisited.

February 18-21: (00-G45-00007, 02/15/00) 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, and now they're the subject of a movie.  Hear Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits this week on Broadway Revisited.

February 25-28: (00-G45-00008, 01/22/00) The Kurt Weill Centennial.  Kurt Weill only lived for fifty years, but he transformed European musical theater, then did the same for America.  This week Broadway Revisited examines his life and work.

March 3-6: (00-G45-00009, 02/29/00)  The Fantasticks.The longest running musical in history.  The Fantasticks, the show by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, has been playig in New York (and elsewhere) since 1960.  This week, Broadway Revisited salutes its four decades by revisiting the score.  Join us this week for The Fantasticks on Broadway Revisited.

March 10-13: (00-G45-00010, 03/07/00)  The Cradle Will Rock.  The original and the film.  That controversial 1937 show is the subject of an award winning movie and of this week's Broadway Revisited.  Patti LuPone leads the 1983 revival cast, sampled this week on Broadway Revisited.

March 17-20: (00-G45-00011, 03/14/00)  Stephen Sondheim whose seventieth birthday is this week.  Despite the fact that he's regularly given awards, treated to retrospective concerts, and covered in scholarly books, Sondheim is still younger than springtime and as productive as ever.  Stephen Sondheim, this week on Broadway Revisited.

March 24-27: (00-G45-00012, 03/21/00) New Releases.  Spring survey of assorted goodies.  The new original cast record of the current Broadway hit "Swing" is just one of the new releases we'll sample this week on Broadway Revisited, in a program of recent releases, reissues, and revivals.   Catch ‘em on Broadway Revisited.

March 31-April 3: (00-G45-00013, 03/28/00) "Omaha!"  The lost musical.  "Omaha!" is the 1953 musical that combined the Midwestern settings of Rodgers and Hammerstein with the fantasy of Lerner and Loewe.  On Broadway Revisited this week, we'll sample the long-forgotten score.  "Omaha!" on Broadway Revisited.

April 7-10: (00-G45-00014, 04/04/00) Two by Rodgers and Hart: "On Your Toes" and "The Boys from Syracuse. They may have been written sixty years ago, but the clever lyrics of Lorenz Hart and the beautiful melodies of Richard Rodgers are still fresh as paint.  This week Broadway Revisited features two of their classics: On Your Toes and The Boys from Syracuse.  Two by Rodgers & Hart this week on Broadway Revisited.

April 14-17: (00-G45-00015, 04/11/00) The Producers: Harold Prince and Cameron Mackintosh.  This week Broadway Revisited recognizes the two producers most responsible for the current Broadway scene, the American Harold Prince and Londoner Cameron Mackintosh.  From West Side Story to Phantom of the Opera, they've delivered a succession of artistic and commercial successes.  The Producers, this week on Broadway Revisited.

April 21-24: (00-G45-00016, 04/18/00)   Spring Is Here—  A salute to the vernal equinox.  The calendar says "spring", so this week Broadway Revisited welcomes the season with an assortment of songs about April, May, and June from Rodgers & Hart, Tom Lehrer, William Shakespeare, Sigmund Romberg and other authorities.  Swing into Spring on Broadway Revisited.

April 28-May 1: (00-G45-00017, 04/25/00) "Kismet"— Borodin's Greatest Hits Alexander Porfyrievich Borodin was the first dead man to win the Tony for best score, with the 1953 "Kismet".  This week Broadway Revisited samples the lush score with performances by Robert Merrill and Regina Resnick.

May 5-8: (00-G45-00018, 05/02/00)  "Of Thee I Sing"  This week Broadway Revisited recognizes the current presidential campaigns with the prescient Pulitzer Prize winner, "Of Thee I Sing", written by George and Ira Gershwin in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan.

May 12-15: (00-G45-00019, 05/09/00) The Entertainers   Show tunes often return to the stage in one person concerts.  This week Broadway Revisited presents some of these headliners: Sammy Davis Jr., Judy Garland, and Danny Kaye.

May 19-22:  (00-G45-00020, 05/16/00) Adam and Eve  The Book of Genesis has often been revised, and this week Broadway Revisited presents Mark Twain's version.  We'll blend readings from Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve with songs from the Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical version.  The Apple Tree, this week on Broadway Revisited.

May 26-29: (00-G45-00021, 05/23/00)  The 2000 Tonys   The Tony Awards will be announced next week.  This week, Broadway Revisited presents the nominees.

June 2-5: (00-G45-00022, 05/30/00)  Politics and Poker  We're in the season when politicians are scurrying around the landscape seeking office.  This week's seminar on Broadway Revisited examines the game.

June 9-12: (00-G45-00023, 06/06/00)  Paper and Plastic: New Books and Records  Another of the periodic catch-up programs reviewing the current crop of Broadway stuff.

June 17-19: (00-G45-00024, 06/013/99) Get Out of Town.  Transportation is the subject this week on Broadway Revisited, with show tunes covering everything from streetcars to ocean liners.  Let's Get Away from It All this week on Broadway Revisited.

June 23-26: (00-G45-00025, 06/20/00) Bilingual Broadway.  Some Broadway shows are exported farther than London, which requires translated lyrics— sometimes they gain something in the translation.  We have an assortment of these, including Man of La Mancha in Spanish and Sweeney Todd in Basque.  Bilingual Broadway, this week on Broadway Revisited.

June 30-July 3: (00-G45-00026, 06/27/00) 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, and now they're the subject of a hit movie.  Hear Gilbert and Sullivan's greatest hits this week on Broadway Revisited.

July 7-10: (00-G45-00027, 07/04/00) A Century of Musicals: The Twenties.  The  American musical appeared on Broadway--- in quantity--- after World War One.  This first chapter in our review of the century covers the early days of Kern, Berlin, and the other masters of the form.

July 14-17: (00-G45-00028, 07/11/00) A Century of Musicals: The Thirties.  When the Depression hit Broadway, the songwriters moved west.  This week's Broadway Revisited is bi-coastal, examining the contributions to the decade from New York and Hollywood.

July 21-24: (00-G45-00029, 07/18/00) A Century of Musicals: The Forties.  Broadway found new legs in the 1940's, with shows by Leonard Bernstein and the new team of Rodgers and Hammerstein.  This week, Broadway Revisited covers the changes.

July 28-31: (00-G45-00030, 07/25/00) A Century of Musicals: The Fifties.  With shows like Gypsy, West Side Story, and My Fair Lady, the nineteen fifties were a golden age on Broadway.  This week, Broadway Revisited covers the highlights.

August 4-7: (00-G45-00031, 08/1/00) A Century of Musicals: The Sixties.  With  Stephen Sondheim, Kander & Ebb, and Bock and Harnick, a new generation joined Frank Loesser and Richard Rodgers on Broadway in the sixties.  This week, Broadway Revisited celebrates the newcomers.

August 11-14: (00-G45-00032, 08/08/00) A Century of Musicals: Up to the present.  The last thirty years have not been kind to new songwriters, but the established composers continued to deliver good new shows and long-running British imports kept the box office up.  This week, Broadway Revisited sums up the century.

August 18-21: (00-G45-00033, 08/15/00) Show Boat.  Back in 1928, Show Boat was ‘way ahead of its time.  This week we'll use an assortment of good recordings of the score to demonstrate why.  The lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein, the music of Jerome Kern, and Show Boat, this week on Broadway Revisited.

August 25-28: (00-G45-00034, 08/22/00) 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.  The Music and Lyrics of Cole Porter, this week on Broadway Revisited.

September 1-4: (00-G45-00035, 08/29/00) Working.  Broadway Revisited begins the 2000-2001season with a Labor Day Weekend visit to the musical version of Studs Terkel's Working.
 
 
 

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