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.
Funny Girl (Jule Styne & Bob Merrill) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + introduction by Peter Filichia (recorded in 2014) + a tribute to Fanny Brice performing songs & sketches from The Ziegf…
Over Here! (Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman) – 1974 original Broadway cast recording + a selection of songs by the Sherman brothers written for Walter Disney motion pictures from the original …
What Makes Sammy Run? (Ervin Drake) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Steve Lawrence (from 2010) + selections from Golden Rainbow (Walter Marks) – 1968 original Bro…
The Girl in Pink Tights (Sigmund Romberg & Leop Robin) – 1954 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with Walter Willison about Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reuni…
Conversation Piece (Noël Coward) – 1951 U.S. Columbia studio cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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The Rink (John Kander & Fred Ebb) – 1984 original Broadway cast recording + an archival interview with Chita Rivera from 2020
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Lorelei (Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Betty Comden & Adolph Green) – 1973-74 original cast recording + an interview with original cast member Lee Roy Reams + selections from Carol Channing's 2009 solo albu…
Sweet Little Devil (George Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 2012 New York studio cast recording + Blue Monday (George Gershwin & B.G. DeSylva) – 1954 U.S. radio cast recording
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Hello, Dolly! (Jerry Herman) – 1964 original Broadway cast recording + an interview with original cast member Sondra Lee + a tribute to Hello, Dolly! performed by Jerry Herman, Karen Morrow & Lee Roy…
Princess Ida (W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan) – 1932 HMV recording featuring members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. + introduction by Rex Bunnett
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Putting It Together (Stephen Sondheim) – 1993 original off-Broadway cast recording + selections from Side By Side By Sondheim – 1977 original Australian cast recording
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The Tap Dance Kid (Henry Krieger & Robert Lorick) – 1983 original Broadway cast recording + Dreamgirls (Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen) – selections from 2006 motion picture soundtrack recording.
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Stephen Ward (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black & Christopher Hampton) – 2013 original London cast recording + introduction by Rex Bunnett + comedy sketches from the satiric 1963 record album Fool Brita…
The Girl Who Came to Supper (Noël Coward) – 1963 original Broadway cast recording + archival interview with original Broadway cast member Sean Scully + with demo recordings of "cut" songs performed b…
Kismet (Robert Wright & George Forrest adapt. Borodin) – 1953 original Broadway cast recording + archival interview with Wright and Forrest + selections from Timbuktu! (Robert Wright & George Forrest…
Carmen Jones (Oscar Hammerstein II adapt. of Georges Bizet) – 1943 original Broadway cast recording + additional numbers from the 1947 NBC radio version and 1991 London cast recording + interview wit…
Roberta (Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach) – 2014 Dublin & New York studio cast recording
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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Steven Lutvak & Robert L. Freedman) – 2013 original Broadway cast recording + The Orchid (Ivan Caryll, Lionel Monckton, Adrian Ross & Percy Greenbank) – 1946 Aus…
A Connecticut Yankee (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart) – 1943 Broadway revival cast recording & 1955 U.S. TV soundtrack recording + interview with former President of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organi…
Wicked (Stephen Schwartz) – 20003 original Broadway cast recording + song selections from The Wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg) – 1939 MGM motion picture soundtrack recordings.
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