Rob pays tribute to the best of Broadway, London's West End, the Australian stage and the occasional European operetta in a 2 hour program on 96.5 Inner FM Melbourne celebrating significant anniversaries in the world of Musical Theatre.
Damn Yankees (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 1955 London cast recording of The Pajama Game (Richard Adler & Jerry Ross)
Jeeves (Andrew Lloyd Webber & Alan Ayckbourn) – 1975 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs from the musicals of Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse, including…
Perchance to Dream (Ivor Novello) – 1945 original London cast highlights recordings + additional numbers from the 1968 BBC radio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + a selection of songs wi…
Carousel (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II) – 1945 original Broadway cast recording, plus additional numbers from the 1956 film soundtrack & 1994 Broadway revival cast recordings + interview wi…
Tell Me More (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 1995 Los Angeles studio cast recording + an interview with Aaron Gandy + selections from the 1998 CD compilation album From Gershwin’s Ti…
Philemon (Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt) – 1975 original off-Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Tom Jones (from December 2021)
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Billy Elliott – The Musical (Elton John & Lee Hall) – 2005 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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Do I Hear a Waltz? (Richard Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin + selected hig…
The Mikado (WS Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1957 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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La Cage aux Folles (Jerry Herman) – 1985 original Australian cast recording + an interview with original Australian cast member Geraldene Morrow + highlights from Tap Your Troubles Away! – The Words …
Silk Stockings (Cole Porter) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + selections from the 1957 MGM motion picture soundtrack recordings for Silk Stockings
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Baker Street - A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (Marian Grudeff & Raymond Jessel) – 1965 original Broadway cast recording + demo recordings of songs "cut" from the score performed by Marian Gr…
Up in Central Park (Sigmund Romberg & Dorothy Fields) – 1953 US radio cast + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2012) + selections from My Maryland (Romberg & Dorothy Donnelly), The New Moon…
Divorce Me, Darling! (Sandy Wilson) – 1965 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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Plain and Fancy (Albert Hague & Arnold B. Horwitt) – 1955 original Broadway cast recording + Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall – 1975 “live” concert recording
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Our Man Crichton (David Lee & Herbert Kretzmer) – 1964 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + scenes and songs from Peter Pan including incidental music for the play composed …
The Wiz (Charlie Smalls) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + radio promotion of the MGM motion picture musical The Wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg) – 1939 U.S. radio transcription rec…
Shenandoah (Gary Geld & Peter Udell) – 1975 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with the co-writers of the new British musical The Queen is Mad – Amy Clare Tasker and composer Tom McGrath…
On the Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1960 New York studio cast recording + a selection of alternate songs from the MGM film version by Roger Edens, Betty Comden & Adolph Gre…
Mary Poppins (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman, plus new songs by George Stiles & Anthony Drew) – 2004 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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