Episodes

  • Musical Theatre Melodies 17-March-2026
    Mar 17 2026

    My Fair Lady (Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe) – 1956 original Broadway cast recording + archival interviews with Alan Jay Lerner and Miles Kreuger + selections from Lyrics by Lerner – 1956 studio album featuring Alan Jay Lerner performing his own songs

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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 10-March-2026
    Mar 10 2026

    The Grand Duke (or, The Statutory Duel) (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1973 University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society cast recording conducted by Eric Stern + introduction by Rex Bunnett

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    2 hrs and 8 mins
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 3-March-2026
    Mar 3 2026

    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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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 24-February-2026
    Feb 24 2026

    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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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 17-February-2026
    Feb 17 2026

    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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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 10-February-2026
    Feb 10 2026

    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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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 3-February-2026
    Feb 3 2026

    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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    2 hrs
  • Musical Theatre Melodies 27-January-2026
    Jan 27 2026

    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 Dorothy Fields.

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    2 hrs