Classic Musicals From The Golden Age of Radio
Porchlight Music Theatre presents: Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio. Here, host Michael Weber will introduce you to some of the great American musicals as they were originally presented on the airwaves. Performed live in front of a studio audience near the years the productions played on stage or were adapted as movies, you'll visit an era when Broadway was the central source for the launch of popular music and when stage actors were known by name across the land.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
WPMT #22: The Lemon Drop Kid
Can you hear that? It’s the “Silver Bells” ringing in the distance to let you know that the WPMT premiere of “The Lemon Drop Kid,” starring Bob Hope, is now live! Broadcast December 10, 1951 on The L…
WPMT #21: Holiday Inn
Today WPMT Presents: "Holiday Inn." Broadcast November 19, 1948 on The Railroad Hour with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and screenplay by Claude Binyon. Starring George Murphy, Martha Tilton and …
WPMT #20: Maytime
Today WPMT Presents: "Maytime." Music by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics and book by Rida Johnson Young. Starring Jeanette MacDonald as "Marcia Mornay/Miss Morrison," Nelson Eddy as "Paul Allison" and Ed…
WPMT #19: Allegro
Today WPMT Presents: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Allegro," the rarely revived "concept musical" presented on Broadway in 1947 following Carousel (1945) and before South Pacific (1949) concerning the s…
WPMT #18: The Student Prince
Today WPMT Presents: "The Student Prince" with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. Based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play Old Heidelberg, "The Student Prince" stars Dorot…
WPMT #17: Going My Way
Today WPMT Presents: "Gong My Way" with music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke, and screenplay by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett. Starring Bing Crosby as "Father Chuck O'Malley" and Barry F…
WPMT #16: The Phantom of The Opera
Today WPMT Presents: "The Phantom of the Opera" with music by Edward Ward adapted by music of Tchaikovsky and Chopin and screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein. Starring Basil Rathbone as "…
WPMT #15: Lady, Be Good!
Today WPMT Presents: "Lady, Be Good!" with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Starring Groucho Marx as "J. Watterson "Watty" Watkins" and Gord…
WPMT #14: This Is the Army
Today WPMT Presents: "This Is the Army," with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by James McColl and Irving Berlin. Starring a 200 all-soldier cast! Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic…
WPMT #13: A Connecticut Yankee
Today WPMT Presents: "A Connecticut Yankee," with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and Book by Herbert Fields. Starring Ginny Simms as "Alice Carter" and Gordon MacRae as "Martin Barr…
WPMT #12: Girl Crazy
Today WPMT Presents: "Girl Crazy," with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Starring Monica Lewis as "Molly Gray," Larry Douglas at "Danny Churc…
WPMT #11: High Button Shoes
Today WPMT Presents: "High Button Shoes," with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and book by Stephen Longstreet. Starring Margaret Whiting as "Sara Longstreet," Jim Backus as "Harrison Floy"…
WPMT# 10: Knickerbocker Holiday
Today WPMT Presents: "Knickerbocker Holiday" with music by Kurt Weill and book by Maxwell Anderson. Starring (from the original Broadway cast) Walter Huston as "Peter Stuyvesant" with David Brooks as…
WPMT #9: No No Nanette
Today WPMT Presents: “No, No, Nanette” with music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, and book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. Starring Doris Day as "Nanette," Gordon MacR…
WPMT #8: Carmen Jones
Today WPMT Presents: “Carmen Jones” with music by Georges Bizet and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Starring (from the Broadway company) Muriel Smith as "Carmen Jones," Luther Saxon as "Joe,…
WPMT #7: The Boys From Syracuse
Today WPMT Presents: “The Boys From Syracuse” with music and lyrics by songwriting duo Rodgers and Hart and book by George Abbott. Starring Evelyn Case as “Luciana,” Katie Lee as “Adriana” and Gordon…
WPMT #6: The Gay Divorcée
Today WPMT Presents: “The Gay Divorcée” a radio adaption based on the popular 1934 film, featuring music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Starring Frank Sinatra as "Guy Holden," Gloria DeHaven as "Mimi," S…
WPMT #5: Good News
Today WPMT Presents: “Good News!” with book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. Starring (from the original production): Starring Dinah S…
WPMT #4: Strike Up the Band
Today WPMT Presents: "Strike Up the Band" with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book Morrie Ryskind. Starring (from the original film): Mickey Rooney as "Jimmy Connors" and Judy G…
WPMT #3: Lady in the Dark
Today WPMT Presents: "Lady in the Dark" with music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book and direction by Moss Hart. Starring (from the Broadway company): Gertrude Lawrence as "Liza Elliott"…