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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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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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I'm dreaming of an acid jazz hands from Dec 20, 2024

12/20/2024
Walter Brennan - "Let the Bells Ring Out" - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas...Back Home [Music & Lyrics: Unknown] Lorne Greene - "Christmas Is A-Comin' (May God Bless You)" - Have a Happy Holiday [Music & Lyrics: Traditional] frank sinatra - "The Christmas Waltz" - White Christmas/The Christmas Waltz [Music & Lyrics: Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne] Signe Hasso - "What Becomes of Christmas" - Reminscing [Music: Max Showalter Lyrics: Peter Walker] mario lanza - "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - Lanza Sings Christmas Carols [Music: Felix Mendelssohn Lyrics: Charles Wesley & George Whitefield] Johnny Mathis - "Christmas Day" - Give Me Your Love for Christmas [Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David] Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki - "Something New (in the New Year)" - In This Raggedy Time [Musi & Lyrics: Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki] Adam Kantor, Emily Walton & Aury Krebs - "New Year's Eve" - Darling Grenadine (Studio Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Daniel Zaitchik] Christiane Noll - "I Don't Remember Christmas" - A Broadway Love Story [Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby Jr.] Brian d'Arcy James - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - From Christmas Eve to Christmas Morn [Music: Hugh Martin Lyrics: Ralph Blane] Brent Barrett - "I'll Be Home for Christmas/A Place Called Home" - Christmas Mornings [Music: Walter Kent ("I'll Be Home for Christmas")/Alan Menken ("A Place Called Home") Lyrics: Kim Gannon ("I'll Be Home for Christmas")/Lynn Ahrens ("A Place Called Home")] Oil City Symphony Original New York Cast - "SLEIGH RIDE" - Oil City Symphony: The Original Cast Recording [Music: Leroy Anderson Lyrics: Mitchell Parrish] Original Cast of A Christmas Memory - "A Tale to Tell" - A Christmas Memory [Music & Lyrics: C. Michael Perry] Floyd Huddleston & His Family Singers - "Santa Claus' Christmas Party" - Happy Birthday, Jesus - A Christmas Musical [Music & Lyrics: Floyd Huddleston] Metro - "Eleven Days from Christmas" - Metro's Eleven Days from Christmas [Music: Traditional Lyrics: Ken Singer & Les Havelock] Dancer, Prancer and Nervous - "The Happy Reindeer" - Dancer's Waltz/The Happy Reindeer [Music & Lyrics: Harold Rustigian & Robert Plaisted] Vincent & Pesci - "Can You Fix The Way I Talk For Christmas" - Can You Fix The Way I Talk For Christmas [Music & Lyrics: Frank Vincent & Joe Pesci] Jonas Kaufmann & Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg - "In the Bleak Midwinter" - It's Christmas [Music: Gustav Holst Lyrics: Christina Rossetti] Lise Davidsen, Norwegian Soloists Choir & the Norwegian Radio Orchestra - "o come all ye faithful" - Christmas from Norway [Music & Lyrics: Unknown] Marilyn Horne, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & Columbia Symphony Orchestra - "Angels We Have Heard On High" - O Holy Night [Music & Lyrics: Traditional (translated into English by James Chadwick)] Paul Plishka & Marble Collegiate Church Choir - "Lo, How a Rose" - Christmas with Paul Plishka [Music & Lyrics: Traditional] Bryn Terfel, Nidus Children's Choir & Welsh National Opera Orchestra - "I Orwedd Mewn Preseb" - Carols & Christmas Songs [Music: William J. Kirkpatrick Lyrics: Traditional (translated into Welsh by William Nantlais Williams)] Luciano Pavarotti & National Philharmonic Orchestra - "O Holy Night" - O Holy Night [Music: Adolphe Adam Lyrics: Placide Cappeau (translated into English by John Sullivan Dwight)] Kimi & Ritz - "merry christmas baby" - merry christmas baby [Music & Lyrics: Richard O'Brien] John Sheridan & the Jim Cullum Jazz Band - "Nutcracker Rag" - Hot Jazz for a Cool Yule - Riverwalk Live Volume 5 [Music: Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky] Paul Eakins - "Jingle Bells" - Circus Calyope [Music: James Lord Pierpont] Celia Cruz & La Sonora Matancera - "El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad" - Feliz Navidad/El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad [Music & Lyrics: Bobby Collazo, Julio Gutierrez & Osvaldo Estivill] The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "My Favorite Things" - My Favorite Things [Music: Richard...

Duration:02:06:05

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When Actors Sing from Dec 13, 2024

12/13/2024
Leonard Nimoy - "Highly Illogical" - Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy [Music & Lyrics: Charles R. Grean & Fred Hertz] [0:00:00] Cesar Romero - "The Breeze and I" - Songs By A Latin Lover [Music: Ernesto Lecuona Lyrics: Al Stillman] [0:13:26] Billy Dee Williams - "House of Flowers" - Let's Misbehave [Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Harold Arlen & Truman Capote] [0:16:02] Brent Spiner - "More Than You Know" - Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back [Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu] [0:17:42] Nichelle Nichols - "One Life to Live" - Down to Earth [Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [0:20:29] William Shatner - "Theme from Cyrano/Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Transformed Man [Music: Don Ralke ("Theme from Cyrano")/Bob Dylan ("Mr. Tambourine Man") Lyrics: Edmond Rostand ("Theme from Cyrano," translated into English by Frank Davenport)/Bob Dylan ("Mr. Tambourine Man")] [0:23:35] Honor Blackman - "to keep my love alive" - Everything I've Got [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [0:39:44] jack webb - "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" - Just the Tracks, Ma'am: The Warner Bros. Recordings [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:42:22] Jerry Lewis - "Bye Bye Baby" - Just Sings [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Leo Robin] [0:44:51] Dirk Bogarde - "I Get Along Without You Very Well" - Lyrics For Lovers [Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Jane Brown Thompson] [0:46:41] Richard Chamberlain - "True Love" - Richard Chamberlain Sings [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:48:27] Eddie Albert - "Feeling Good" - The Eddie Albert Album [Music & Lyrics: Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse] [0:50:42] Cybill Shepherd - "Do It Again" - Mad About the Boy [Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Buddy DeSylva] [1:02:14] Michael Parks - "My Melancholy Baby" - Long Lonesome Highway [Music: Ernie Burnett Lyrics: George A. Norton] [1:05:25] Tony Perkins - "If You Were the Only Girl" - Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)/If You Were the Only Girl [Music: Nat D. Ayer Lyrics: Clifford Grey] [1:09:19] Clint Eastwood - "Don't Fence Me In" - Sings Cowboy Favorites [Music: Cole Porter Lyrics: Robert Fletcher & Cole Porter] [1:11:02] George Burns - "Ain't Misbehavin'" - George Burns in Nashville [Music: Fats Waller & Harry Brooks Lyrics: Andy Razaf] [1:13:19] John Wayne - "Why Are You Marching, Son?" - America, Why I Love Her [Music: It's kind of Battle Hymn of the Republic but kind of isn't? Lyrics: John Mitchum] [1:25:40] robert mitchum - "The Ballad of Thunder Road" - The Ballad of Thunder Road/My Honey's Lovin' Arms [Music: Jack Marshall Lyrics: Robert Mitchum] [1:28:29] Sheldon Allman - "Univac and the Humanoid" - Folk Songs for the 21st Century [Music & Lyrics: Sheldon Allman] [1:33:12] burt reynolds - "There's a Slight Misunderstanding Between God and Man" - Ask Me What I Am [Music & Lyrics: Paul Hampton] [1:35:49] Peggy Lipton - "Lady of the Lake" - Peggy Lipton [Music & Lyrics: Carole King & Toni Stern] [1:39:02] Russ Le Roq - "I Just Wanna Be Like Marlon Brando" - I Just Wanna Be Like Marlon Brando [Music & Lyrics: Russ Le Roq] [1:45:58] Telly Savalas - "Who Loves Ya Baby" - Who Loves Ya Baby [Music & Lyrics: Marvin Laird] [1:49:25] Billy Katt - "a girl like you" - Secret Smiles [Music & Lyrics: Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere] [1:52:27] Lynda Carter - "Toto (Don't It Feel Like Paradise)" - Portrait [Music & Lyrics: Lynda Carter, C. Siller & Bill Cuomo] [1:54:55] jim nabors - "The Impossible Dream" - Jim Nabors Sings Love Me With All Your Heart [Music: Mitch Leigh Lyrics: Joe Darion] [2:00:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147069

Duration:02:06:13

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Talk about taste! from Dec 6, 2024

12/6/2024
The Broadway Brass - "If I Were a Bell" - Takes Guys and Dolls Disco [Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [0:00:00] - "Spotify Wrapped AI Podcast" [0:03:27] Ben Vereen & Roy Scheider - "Bye Bye Love" - Bye Bye Love [Music & Lyrics: Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant] [0:09:02] Paul Jabara - "Disco Queen" - Thank god it's friday [Music & Lyrics: Paul Jabara] [0:14:03] LaChanze & Original Broadway Cast of Summer - "She Works Hard for the Money" - Summer: The Donna Summer Musical [Music & Lyrics: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian] [0:16:15] Lucie Arnaz - "Right" - They're Playing Our Song [Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager] [0:18:31] Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki - "Wednesday Night at Helen's" - A Party with Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki (Original Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki] [0:34:37] Helen Gallagher & Hazel Flagg Ensemble - "I'm Glad I'm Leaving" - Hazel Flagg (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Hilliard] [0:36:12] Harold Lang, Helen Gallagher & Make a Wish Ensemble - "That Face!" - Make a Wish (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Hugh Martin] [0:38:19] Helen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver & Sweet Charity Original Broadway Cast - "Baby, Dream Your Dream" - Sweet Charity (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [0:42:44] Helen Gallagher - "Interview" [0:46:28] Helen Gallagher & No, No, Nanette Ensemble - "Too Many Rings Around Rosie" - No, No, Nanette (New Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Irving Caesar] [0:49:36] Ain't Misbehavin' Company - "Handful of Keys" - Ain't Misbehavin' Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music: Fats Waller Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.] [0:57:09] John Cullum - "Come Back to Me" - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Burton Lane Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:59:05] Leslie Uggams - "My Own Morning" - Hallelujah, Baby! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green] [1:01:24] Michele Lee - "Nobody Does It Like Me" - Seesaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [1:04:22] Randy Graff - "You Can Always Count On Me" - City of Angels (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: David Zippel] [1:06:33] Mike Curb Congregation - "Winnie the Pooh" - Walt Disney's Greatest Hits [Music & Lyrics: Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman] [1:18:25] Micky Dolenz - "Don't Be the Bunny" - A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock & Roll: Live at 54 Below [Music: Mark Kollmann Lyrics: Greg Kotis] [1:20:57] Giant Giant Sand - "Love Comes Over You" - Tucson [Music & Lyrics: Brian Lopez] [1:24:19] Alan Doyle - "heave away" - Covers From Away [Music & Lyrics: Traditional] [1:26:50] A Matter of Heart Ensemble - "Acadian Saturday Night" - A Matter of Heart: The Musical Revue [Music & Lyrics: Stan Rogers] [1:29:14] Richard Lounds, Aaron Lazar & Lifeline Ensemble - "Big News" - Lifeline - A New Musical (Concept Album) [Music & Lyrics: Robin Hiley] [1:43:49] Audra McDonald - "The Glamorous Life" - Go Back Home [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:48:25] Melissa Errico - "It Wasn't Meant to Happen" - Sondheim in the City [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:50:55] Howard McGillin - "Dressing Them Up" - Kiss of the Spider Woman: The Musical - New Broadway Cast Recording [Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb] [1:52:31] Bye Bye Birdie Ensemble - "Hymn for a Sunday Evening" - Bye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [2:00:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146829

Duration:02:05:42