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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Location:

United States

Networks:

WFMU

Description:

Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Language:

English


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Why are there so many songs about murder? from Apr 12, 2024

4/12/2024
Rebecca Naomi Jones, John Ellison Conlee & Karen Olivo - "Murder Ballad" - Murder Ballad: A New Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording) [Music: Juliana Nash Lyrics: Julia Jordan & Juliana Nash] [0:00:00] Shawn Elliott - "All You Have to Do Is Wait" - City of Angels (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: David Zippel] [0:11:45] Sean McCourt, Kaitlin Hopkins & Kerry Butler - "Comfort And Joy" - Bat Boy: The Musical (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe] [0:14:03] Anthony Stewart Head - "Legal Assassin" - Repo! The Genetic Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Music & Lyrics: Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich] [0:17:59] Matt Smith, Ben Aldridge & Charlie Anson - "I Am Back" - American Psycho (Original London Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Duncan Sheik] [0:21:37] Ryan McCartan, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Jon Eidson & Evan Todd - "Our Love Is God" - Heathers: The Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe & Kevin Murphy] [0:25:36] Nancy Opel, John Deyle & Hunter Foster - "Why Did I Listen to That Man?" - Urinetown The Musical [Music: Mark Hollmann Lyrics: Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis] [0:29:39] The Original Broadway Cast of Curtains - "He Did It" - Curtains Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [0:40:27] Jeff Blumenkrantz & Brett Ryback - "It Was Her" - Murder for Two (Original Cast Recording) [Music: Joe Kinosian Lyrics: Kellen Blair] [0:42:42] Susie Blake - "Suspicious" - Something's Afoot (World Premiere Studio Cast) [Music: James McDonald, David Vos, Robert Gerlach & Ed Linderman Lyrics: James McDonald, David Vos & Robert Gerlach] [0:45:14] Dorothy Shay, The Park Avenue Hillbilly - "Say That We're Sweethearts Again" - The Park Avenue Hillbillie Sings [Music & Lyrics: Earl K. Brent] [0:47:58] Martin Connor & Tricia George - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" - Tomfoolery (Original London Cast) [Music & Lyrics: Tom Lehrer] [0:51:10] Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays & Catherine Walker - "Poison in My Pocket" - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Steven Lutvak Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak] [1:03:54] Ron Taylor - "Suppertime" - Little Shop of Horrors (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman] [1:05:59] Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman & Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast - "Wandering Child/Bravo, Monsieur" - The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast) [Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart & Richard Stile] [1:09:12] Cleo Laine - "Murderer's Confession (Princess Puffer)" - The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Rupert Holmes] [1:13:18] Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise & Sarah Rice - "Johanna" - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:16:32] Jeremy Jordan & Laura Osnes - "This World Will Remember Us" - Bonnie & Clyde (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Don Black] [1:29:26] Assassins Original Cast - "Everybody's Got The Right" - Assassins - Original Cast Recording [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:31:09] Lynnette Perry, Steven Sutcliffe & Conrad McLaren - "The Crime of the Century" - Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens] [1:37:17] Rufus Bonds, Jr., Herndon Lackey & J.B. Adams - "That's What He Said" - Parade (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown] [1:40:05] Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - "The World Was Wide Enough" - Hamilton [Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda] [1:43:54] Stephen Dolginoff & Doug Kreeger - "Superior" - Drama Desk Awards performance [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Dolginoff] [1:48:50] Original Broadway Cast of Chicago - "Cell Block Tango" -...

Duration:02:06:16

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So Low We Can't Hear You from Mar 29, 2024

3/29/2024
Stanley Holloway with the Loverly Quartet - "Sweeney Todd the Barber" - 'ere's 'olloway [Music & Lyrics: Robert Weston] [0:00:00] Theodore Bikel & Cynthia Gooding - "As I Roved Out" - Young Man and a Maid [Music & Lyrics: Traditional] [0:04:44] Tammy Grimes - "Miss Otis Regrets" - The Unmistakable Tammy Grimes [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:07:57] Dorothy Loudon - "My Melancholy Baby" - Saloon [Music: Ernie Burnett Lyrics: George A. Norton] [0:11:12] Pearl Bailey - "What Happened to the Hair (On the Head of the Man I Love?)" - Cultured Pearl [Music: Steve Allen Lyrics: Sammy Gallop] [0:18:03] Anna Maria Alberghetti - "I Have Dreamed" - Warm and Willing [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:29:27] Liza Minnelli - "Did I Hurt Your Feelings?" - It Amazes Me [Music & Lyrics: Bob Crewe & Richard Bondi] [0:33:28] Robert Goulet - "The Lamp Is Low" - Always You [Music: Maurice Ravel (adapted by Peter DeRose & Bert Shefter) Lyrics: Mitchell Parish] [0:36:44] Yvonne De Carlo - "End Of A Love Affair" - Yvonne De Carlo Sings [Music & Lyrics: Edward Redding] [0:39:12] Barbara Cook - "One Perfect Rose" - Songs of Perfect Propriety [Music: Seymour Barab Lyrics: Dorothy Parker] [0:41:17] Judy Kuhn - "You'll Never Get Away From Me" - Just in Time: Judy Kuhn Sings Jule Styne [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [0:47:49] Christiane Noll - "Marry Me a Little" - A Broadway Love Story [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [0:50:08] Audra McDonald - "Tom" - Way Back to Paradise [Music & Lyrics: Michael John LaChiusa] [0:53:01] Patti LuPone - "Body and Soul" - The Lady with the Torch [Music: Johnny Green Lyrics: Edward Heyman, Robert Sour & Frank Eyton] [0:57:35] Linda Hopkins - "Reach Out Your Hand and Touch Somebody" - Linda Hopkins [Music & Lyrics: Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette] [1:01:57] Rebecca Luker - "Dream Dancing" - Anything Goes: Rebecca Luker Sings Cole Porter [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [1:09:40] Michael Crawford & London Symphony Orchestra - "In the Still of the Night" - Songs From the Stage and Screen [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [1:12:33] Brent Barrett - "there's always one you can't forget" - The Alan Jay Lerner Album [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:14:52] Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Love From the Sun" - Afro Blue [Music & Lyrics: Richard Clay] [1:18:36] Laurie Beechman - "Sailin' On" - Listen to My Heart [Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Dean Pitchford] [1:24:03] Jennifer Holliday - "Just Let Me Wait" - Feel My Soul [Music & Lyrics: Jon Lind & Bill Meyers] [1:33:19] Linda Eder - "Rescue Me" - Linda Eder [Music & Lyrics: Frank Wildhorn & Linda Eder] [1:35:32] Sarah Brightman - "Yesterday" - As I Came Of Age [Music & Lyrics: Aimee Mann] [1:40:33] Idina Menzel - "Still I Can't Be Still" - Still I Can't Be Still [Music & Lyrics: Milton Davis & Idina Menzel] [1:43:59] Carol Channing & Hank Locklin - "We're Gonna Go Fishin' (Next Saturday Night)" - Carol Channing and Her Country Friends (Original Country Cast) [Music & Lyrics: Tex Atchison] [1:48:24] Diahann Carroll - "Do What You Wanna Do" - Fun Life [Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: John Latouche] [1:55:53] Bernadette Peters - "Some Other Time" - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green] [1:58:03] Mandy Patinkin - "If You Can Find Me I'm Here" - Dress Casual [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:59:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138405

Duration:02:06:29