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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