The 2008-2009 Season

August 20-September 1: (8/28/08) 08-35: This Land Is Your Land.  We begin our 2008-2009 Season with a Labor Day Weekend recognition of working people through the songs of Woody Guthrie, as heard in the off-Broadway show “Woody Guthrie’s American Song”.

September 5-7: (9/2/08) 08-36: The Summer’s New Paper and Plastic.   The season’s new books, records and videos.

September 12-14: (9/9/08) 08-37: “An American in Paris”.  Gene Kelly and others perform about twenty songs by George and Ira Gershwin, from the soundtrack of the 1951 film, along with the title composition arranged for the ballet finale.

September 19-21: (9/16/08) 08-38: Frank Sinatra in the Movies.  This week, Broadway Revisited revisits Frank Sinatra’s movie career, from his first screen appearance to his final musical. Frank Sinatra in the movies, this week, on Broadway Revisited. 

September 26-28: (9/22/08) 08-39: Politics and Poker.  It’s another presidential year, so this week, Broadway Revisited will present Broadway’s take on the process, with opinions from Bock & Harnick, Rodgers & Hart, and other experts.  Political Science 101, this week on Broadway Revisited.

October 3-5: (9/30/08) 08-40: Hello Dollies.  This week Broadway Revisited revisits Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly!, with Carol Channing, the original star, and six other Dollies who’ve played the role, along with Louis Armstrong.
 
October 10-12: (10/8/08) 08-41: Dick Hyman: Variations on Broadway.  Superb translations for piano of the songs of Porter, Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, and Rodgers.

October 17-19: (10/14/08) 08-42: ‘Tis Autumn.  Autumn comes around again this weekend, and Broadway Revisited notes the event with seasonal songs.  Performers include Bolcom & Morris, Walter Huston, and the original cast of Second City.   

October 24-26: (10/21/08) 08-43: Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far.  Now in his late seventies, Sondheim is still writing new shows.  This week we review his first fifty years on Broadway.

October 31-November 2: (10/28/08) 08-44: The Lyrics of Carolyn Leigh.  Songs and shows with the music of Cy Coleman and others.

October 3-5: (9/30/08) 08-40: Hello Dollies.  This week Broadway Revisited revisits Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly!, with Carol Channing, the original star, and six other Dollies who’ve played the role, along with Louis Armstrong.
 
October 10-12: (10/8/08) 08-41: Dick Hyman: Variations on Broadway.  Superb translations for piano of the songs of Porter, Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, and Rodgers.

October 17-19: (10/14/08) 08-42: ‘Tis Autumn.  Autumn comes around again this weekend, and Broadway Revisited notes the event with seasonal songs.  Performers include Bolcom & Morris, Walter Huston, and the original cast of Second City.   

October 24-26: (10/21/08) 08-43: Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far.  Now in his late seventies, Sondheim is still writing new shows.  This week we review his first fifty years on Broadway.

October 31-November 2: (10/28/08) 08-44: The Lyrics of Carolyn Leigh.  Songs and shows with the music of Cy Coleman and others.

November 7-9: (11/4/08) 08-45: “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”.  Frank Loesser’s advice for opportunists.

November 14-16: (11/11/08) 08-46: Country Broadway. Authentic country music sometimes reaches New York stages, and this week, Broadway Revisited samples most of these shows from 1934 to now.

November 21-23: (11/18/08) 08-47:  New Fall  Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books, and videos.

November 28-30: (11/25/08) 08-48: Turkey Leftovers. For our post-Thanksgiving show, Broadway Revisited is stuffed with good songs from shows that closed almost before they opened.  Turkey leftovers this week on Broadway Revisited. 

December 5-7: (12/2/08) 08-49: The Words and Music of Dietz and Schwartz.  Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz wrote for Broadway from the twenties to the sixties.  This week on Broadway Revisited you’ll hear  seventeen of their songs.

December 12-14: (12/9/08) 08-50: The Theatre.  Broadway Revisited is usually about the creators of the American musical theater.  This week we survey how Broadway has covered musical theater.

December 19-21: (12/16/08) 08-51: “White Christmas” and “Holiday Inn”.  Irving Berlin’s classic, White Christmas, was first heard in the movie Holiday Inn, then it was the title of another movie, and now White Christmas is a stage show.  We’ll sample all three this week, with White Christmas on Broadway Revisited.

December 26-28: (12/23/08) 08-52: Nat and Natalie Cole.   Father and daughter reunited to sing Broadway in an imaginary New Year’s cabaret.

January 2-4: (12/30/08): 09-1: Winter Weather.  Hear what Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, William Shakespeare, and others have to say about rain, snow, and other seasonal delights.

January 9-11: (1/6/09): 09-2: Fifty Years Ago.  There were many fine shows on Broadway in 1959.  We’ll sample fifteen of them this week when Broadway Revisited looks back half a century.

January 16-18: (1/13/09): 09- 3: “Oliver”.  Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” won the Tony for Best Musical and the Oscar for Best Film.  This week, Broadway Revisited samples both versions.

January 23-25: (1/20/09): 09-4: The Songs of Harry Warren.  Harry Warren  had even more songs on the Hit Parade than Irving Berlin, but not everyone knows his name.   This week's Broadway Revisited offers a corrective.

January 30-February 1: (1/27/09): 09-5: Masters of the Musical— the Walden Sessions.  In the early ‘fifties, a small company  recorded ten long play albums documenting the songs of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hart, Arthur Schwartz, and Harold Arlen.  This week we sample all ten.

February 6-8: (2/3/09): 09-6: Divorces Are Made in Heaven.  Apparently not all marriages are made in heaven, and this week’s seminar is on divorce.

February 13-15: (2/10/09): 09-7: Lee Wiley and Joe Mooney.  For Valentine’s Day, mostly Broadway love songs performed by two fine underrated singers.

February 20-21: (2/17/09): 09-8: “The Producers”.  The Broadway musical transformation of Mel Brooks’ classic “Springtime for Hitler” movie.

February 27-March 1: (2/24/09): 09-9: New Winter  Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books, and videos.

March 6-8: (3/3/09): 09-10: Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin.  Between 1935 and 1948, Irving Berlin wrote the scores for six Fred Astaire pictures.  This week we sample all six.

March 13-15: (3/10/09): 09-11: “Pal Joey”.  The Rodgers & Hart show that led the way to modern musicals.

March 20-22: (3/17/09): 09-12: Oscar and Anita.  Oscar Peterson and Anita O’Day sing Broadway.

March 27-29: (3/24/09): 09-13: The Lion Sings: The M-G-M Musicals of Arthur Freed.  Freed was the producer of most of the great M-G-M musicals.

April 3-5: (3/31/09): 09-14: Overtures!   Songs without words.

April 10-12: (4/7/09): 09-15: Faith, Hope, and Therapy.  When the stress of life gets you down, there's relief in show tunes.  Contemporary answers to modern problems from assorted shows, this week on Broadway Revisited. 

April 17-19: (4/14/09): 09-16: Hoagy Carmichael—  Songwriter.  This week Broadway Revisited celebrates the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael, including the score of his only Broadway show.

April 24-26: (4/21/09): 09-17: Blossom Dearie and Kevin Cole.  A pair of singer-pianists with the Gershwins and more.

May 1-3: (4/28/09): 09-18: Economics 101.  An MBA in an hour, with lessons from Broadway.

 May 8-10: (5/5/09): 09-19: The Shows of Stephen Schwartz.  From “Godspell” to “Wicked”.

May 15-17: (5/12/09): 09-20: Carnal Broadway.  Believe it or not, composers were aware of sexuality before our libertine present.

May 22-24: (5/19/09): 09-21: Ella and Louis.  In the 1950's, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded five lps of show tunes as duets.  We’ll sample as many songs that fit in the hour.

May 29-31: (5/26/09): 09-22: New Spring  Paper and Plastic. The season’s new compact discs, books, and videos.

June 5-7: (6/2/09: 09-23: Preview of This Year’s Tony Awards. Hear songs from the nominees on this week’s review of the Broadway season.  

June 12-14: (6/9/09: 09-24: Arthur Fiedler’s Broadway: The Boston Pops Medleys.  Hit songs from hit shows.

June 19-21: (6/16/09: 09-25: The Depression.  The Depression of the 1930's hit Broadway hard, and some of the songs of the period reflected the national condition.  This week on Broadway Revisited we’ll have some songs of despair and some of denial.  Singing through the Depression, on Broadway Revisited.

June 26-28: (6/2/23/09): 09-26: Fifty Years Ago.  There were many fine shows on Broadway in 1959.  We’ll sample fifteen of them this week when Broadway Revisited looks back half a century.

July 3-5: (6/30/09):09-27: Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far.  Now in his late seventies, Sondheim is still writing new shows.  This week we review his first fifty years on Broadway.

July 10-12: (7/7/09):09-28: The Theatre.  Broadway Revisited is usually about the creators of the American musical theater.  This week we survey how Broadway has covered musical theater.

July 17-19: (7/14/09):09-29: “Oliver”.  Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” won the Tony for Best Musical and the Oscar for Best Film.  This week, Broadway Revisited samples both versions.

July 24-26: (7/21/09):09-30: Divorces Are Made in Heaven.  Apparently not all marriages are made in heaven, and this week’s seminar is on divorce.

July 31-August 2: (7/28/09):09-31: Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin.  Between 1935 and 1948, Irving Berlin wrote the scores for six Fred Astaire pictures.  This week we sample all six.

August 7-9: (8/4/09):09-32: The Lion Sings: The M-G-M Musicals of Arthur Freed.  Freed was the producer of most of the great M-G-M musicals.

August 14-16: (8/11/09):09-33: The Shows of Stephen Schwartz.  From “Godspell” to “Wicked”.

August 21-23: (8/18/09):09-34: Blossom Dearie and Kevin Cole.  A pair of singer-pianists with the Gershwins and more.

August 29-31: (8/25/09):09-35: Faith, Hope, and Therapy.  When the stress of life gets you down, there's relief in show tunes.  Contemporary answers to modern problems from assorted shows, this week on Broadway Revisited.

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