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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

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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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New Found World from Jun 6, 2025

6/6/2025
Doris Day with Harry James and His Orchestra - "I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)" - I May Be Wrong/The Very Thought of You [Music: Henry Sullivan Lyrics: Harry Ruskin] [0:00:00] Joel Hatch, 'Come From Away' Company - "In the Bar/Heave Away/Screech In" - Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Irene Sankoff & David Hein ("Heave Away" is traditional)] [0:19:39] Original Cast of Tell Tale Harbour - "Bar to the Church" - The Songs of Tell Tale Harbour [Music & Lyrics: Alan Doyle & Bob Foster] [0:23:00] The Theory of Relativity Company - "Relativity" - The Theory of Relativity - a New Musical [Music & Lyrics: Neil Bartram] [0:26:11] Samantha Williams - "Poetry" - Live at 54 Below [Music & Lyrics: Britta Johnson] [0:30:11] Ann Golden & Jim Hugessen - "Teach Me How to Think Canadian" - My Fur Lady [Music: James Domville Lyrics: Timothy Porteous] [0:33:23] Georgia Engel, Edward Hibbert & the Drowsy Chaperone Original Broadway Cast - "Love Is Always Lovely in the End" - The Drowsy Chaperone: Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison] [0:35:44] Portia White - "Think on Me" - Practice session [Music & Lyrics: Lady John Scott] [0:49:27] Frances Irvin & Jack Duffy with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - "I Oughta Know More About You" - I Oughta Know More About You/C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) [Music: Victor Young Lyrics: Edward Heyman] [0:51:57] Seymour Richards with Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - "Weary" - Moonburn/Weary [Music: Allie Wrubel Lyrics: Mort Dixon] [0:54:31] Neil Buckley with Don Bestor and His Orchestra - "The Simple Things in Life" - Animal Crackers in My Soup/The Simple Things in Life [Music: Ray Henderson Lyrics: Ted Koehler] [0:56:41] Ernie Bernhardt with Sam Donahue and His Orchestra - "It Happened in Monterey" - Dance Date with Sam Donahue [Music & Lyrics: Mabel Wayne] [0:59:10] Norman Cloutier and His Merry Madcaps - "Flirtation Walk" - Flirtation Walk/I See Two Lovers [Music & Lyrics: Allie Wrubel & Mort Dixon] [1:07:22] Kenneth Williams, Maggie Smith & Philip Gilbert - "Bubble Man" - Share My Lettuce [Music: Keith Statham & Patrick Gowers Lyrics: Bamber Gascoigne] [1:10:00] Peter Lind Hayes and Tommy Rettig - "Dream Stuff" - The 5000 FIngers of Dr. T OST [Music: Friedrich Hollander Lyrics: Dr. Seuss] [1:11:40] Linda Hopkins - "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" - Me and Bessie (Linda Hopkins Sings Songs from the Broadway Musical) [Music & Lyrics: Eddie Green] [1:13:55] Virginia Capers - "A Whole Lotta Sunlight" - Raisin (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Judd Woldin Lyrics: Robert Brittan] [1:20:35] Zenda Ensemble - "A Whole Lot of Happy" - Zenda (bootleg) [Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: Lenny Adelson, Sid Kuller & Martin Charnin] [1:26:06] Robert Preston - "I'm A Star" - The Prince of Grand Street (bootleg) [Music & Lyrics: Bob Merrill] [1:28:13] Vivien Leigh - "You'd Make an Elegant Butler/I'd Make an Elegant Maid" - Tovarich (bootleg) [Music: Lee Pockriss Lyrics: Anne Croswell] [1:30:41] Angela Lansbury & Bea Arthur - "camouflage" - Mame (rehearsal recording) [Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman] [1:32:24] Paula Wayne - "Cherry's Soliloquy" - Cherry (demo) [Music: Tom Baird Lyrics: Ron Miller] [1:35:56] Mark Hardwick & Pump Boys and Dinettes Ensemble - "The Night Dolly Parton Was Almost Mine" - Pump Boys and Dinettes (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Jim Wann] [1:47:10] Steven Pasquale - "The World Inside a Frame" - The Bridges of Madison County - Original Broadway Cast [Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown] [1:48:48] Norbert Leo Butz & Kate Baldwin - "Daffodils" - Big Fish (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa] [1:51:04] Robert Goulet - "a certain girl" - The Happy Time (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [1:58:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152842

Duration:02:06:14

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which she was loath to admit from May 23, 2025

5/23/2025
Susannah Fellows - "Why Am I So Happy?" - nightingale [Music & Lyrics: Charles Strouse] [0:00:00] Dorothy Loudon - "Little Girls" - Annie (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Martin Charnin] [0:05:05] Dick Van Dyke, George Blackwell & Bye Bye Birdie Ensemble - "Baby, Talk To Me" - Bye Bye Birdie [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:08:01] Mabel Mercer - "Once Upon A Time" - Mabel Mercer Sings [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:10:30] Charles Strouse - "Smashing N.Y. Times" - Charles Sings Strouse [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:13:29] Judy Kuhn & Dick Latessa - "Rags" - Rags [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz] [0:16:44] john kander and fred ebb - "Ring Them Bells" - Live Performance [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [0:40:13] James William Bailey - "Out of this World" - Mostly Mercer [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:42:55] Gene Merlino & the Bill Brown Singers - "The Shadow Of Your Smile" - Award Winning Original Motion Picture Sound Tracks and Themes [Music: Johnny Mandel Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster] [0:46:35] Johnny Desmond with Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra - "I've Got a Heart Filled with Love" - Live on I Sustain the Wings [Music: Joseph Meyer Lyrics: Al Jacobs] [0:50:15] Walter Scheff with the Republic Glee Club & the Ray Carter Ensemble - "Too Good To Be True" - Smiling Through the Tears/Too Good to Be True [Music & Lyrics: Clay Boland] [0:53:22] Sara Zahn - "Nightlife in Santa Rosa" - Witch Craft: The Songs of Carolyn Leigh [Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh] [1:04:07] Sharon Paige & Keith Ingham - "It Could Happen to You" - Burke Beautiful: The Songs of Johnny Burke [Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Johnny Burke] [1:08:03] Susan Johnson - "I Wouldn't Bet One Penny" - Previously Unreleased Live Performances [Music & Lyrics: Johnny Burke] [1:11:00] Blossom Seeley - "'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans/Mississippi Choo Choo [Music: John Turner Layton Jr. Lyrics: Henry Creamer] [1:14:09] Jay Gorney - "Twenty Five Bucks a Week" - Meet the People [Music: Jay Gorney Lyrics: Henry Myers] [1:16:55] Nancie Malcomb and Her Group - "Comes Love" - The West Coast of Broadway [Music: Sam H. Stept Lyrics: Lew Brown & Charles Tobias] [1:20:21] Amanda Dainty - "The Girl Friend" - The Girl Friend [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [1:30:53] Little Me Ensemble - "Real Live Girl" - Little Me (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh] [1:32:09] Liza Minnelli - "Lorelei" - It Amazes Me [Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [1:38:06] Inga Swenson & John Cullum - "Strangers" - Androcles and the Lion [Music & Lyrics: Richard Rodgers] [1:41:44] Alan Jay Lerner - "Wanderin' Star" - Lyrics by Lerner [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:46:14] Michele Lee - "Steady, Steady" - Feeling Good/Steady, Steady [Music: Milton Schafer Lyrics: Ronny Graham] [1:51:29] Eydie & Steve - "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" - Cozy [Music: Harold Spina Lyrics: Jack Elliott] [1:58:20] Anne Tofflemire - "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" - Let's Face the Music: Anne Tofflemire Sings Irving Berlin [Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin] [2:00:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152383
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the sound that says love from May 16, 2025

5/16/2025
Jaye P. Morgan - "Applause" - Applause/What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:00:00] Josephine Premice, Barney Kessel & Ben Tucker - "Taking a Chance on Love" - Caribe [Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: John La Touche & Ted Fetter] [0:12:07] Dave Van Ronk - "I'd Rather Charleston" - Sweet & Lowdown [Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Desmond Carter] [0:13:53] Lana Cantrell - "Don't Tell Mama" - The Now of Then [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [0:15:33] Gary Marshal - "It's Today" - Show Stopper!! [Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman] [0:17:20] The Hi-Lo's - "You'll Never Get Away From Me" - Broadway Playbill [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [0:19:55] June Christy & Bob Cooper - "Cry Like the Wind" - Cry Like the Wind/Asking for You [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green] [0:30:31] Dionne Warwick - "My Ship" - On Stage and in the Movies [Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [0:31:43] Kandace Springs - "Glad to Be Unhappy" - lady in satin [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [0:34:06] Lea DeLaria - "The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd" - Play It Cool [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [0:38:12] Cecile McLorin Salvant - "The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" - Dreams and Daggers [Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin] [0:43:00] Roy Hamilton - "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Come Out Swingin' [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:52:50] Eddie Fisher - "I'll Buy You a Star" - As Long as There's Music [Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [0:57:36] Bobby Darin - "Here I'll Stay" - For Teenagers Only [Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:59:24] buddy greco - "All at Once You Love Her" - Broadway Melodies [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:01:19] Fran Warren - "Lonely Town" - Something's Coming From [Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green] [1:03:29] Nat King Cole - "show me" - Sings My Fair Lady [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:05:58] Johnny Hartman - "More I Cannot Wish You" - This One's For Tedi [Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [1:17:28] Anthony Perkins - "Tonight at Eight" - Anthony Perkins [Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick] [1:19:28] Joni James - "I'm Your Girl" - I'm Your Girl [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn] [1:22:08] The Tunettes - "Whatever Lola Wants" - Heart/Whatever Lola Wants [Music & Lyrics: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross] [1:24:33] Victoria Gordon - "Fifty Percent" - 11 O'Clock on Broadway [Music: Billy Goldenberg Lyrics: Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman] [1:27:53] Chris Connor - "A Quiet Thing" - Sings Gentle Bossa Nova [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [1:35:30] We Five - "Soon It's Gonna Rain" - The Return of We Five [Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones] [1:37:27] The Hawaiian Surfers - "On A Clear Day" - Today [Music: Burton Lane Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:40:58] The Twangy Gang & Their Friends - "Where do I go" - Hair [Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado] [1:44:06] Diana Ross & The Supremes - "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" - Sing and Perform Funny Girl [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill] [1:47:01] alison krauss - "River in the Rain" - windy city [Music & Lyrics: Roger Miller] [1:50:13] David Bowie - "Alabama Song" - Alabama Song [Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht (translated into English by Elisabeth Hauptmann)] [1:58:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152156