2009-2010 Season
September 4-6: (9/1/09):09-36: Pete Seeger-- from union
halls to Carnegie Hall. The
musical theater rarely deals realistically with the working class, so
for this Labor Day weekend,
we're moving from the Broadway stage to the concert hall, and the songs
of Pete Seeger
September 11-13: (9/8/09):09-37: The Summer's New Paper and Plastic. The
season's new
books, records and videos.
September 18-20: (9/15/09):09-38: The Songs of Harold Arlen.
His life and works.
September 25-27: (9/22/09):09-39: Mary Poppins. The nanny
musical on screen and stage.
October 2-4: (9/29/09): 09-40: The Masochism Tango. Songs of
people who enjoy suffering.
October 9-11: (10/6/09): 09-41: Leonard Bernstein: Overtures and Dance
Music. Leonard
Bernstein's orchestral music in his shows is as good as the songs, and
today we deliver a generous
sampling.
October 16-18: (10/13/09): 09-42: "Kismet". The Broadway show
using Borodin's greatest
hits.
October 23-25: (10/20/09): 09-43: Songwriters Talk and Sing.
Illustrated lectures by some of
the best.
October 30-November 1: (10/27/09): 09-44: Halloween. Ghoulies
and ghosties and things that
go bump in the night.
November
6-8: (11/03/09): 09-45: Two by Kern. “Music in the the
Air” and “The Cat and the Fiddle”.
November 13-15: (11/10/09): 09-46: The
Johnny Mercer Centennial. Johnny Mercer was born a century
ago, in November, 1909. This week we celebrate his life and
lyrics.
November 20-22: (11/17/09): 09-47:
“The Wizard of Oz”. Seventy Years old and still young.
November 27-29: (11/24/09): 09-48:
Stereotypes. The theater depends on stereotypes, sometimes
using them, sometimes working against them. This week Broadway
Revisited offers several case studies.
December 4-6: (12/1/09): 09-49: New
Fall Paper and Plastic. The season’s new records, books,
and videos.
December 11-13: (12/8/09): 09-50: Jo
Stafford and Bing Crosby. Sing Broadway and Hollywood.
December 18-20: (12/15/09): 09-51: “A
Little Night Music”. Back on Broadway for the first time.
December 25-27: (12/22/09): 09-52: An
Audio Christmas Card. An eclectic collection of seasonal
songs.
January 1-3: (12/29/09): 09-53: Hopes
for the New Year. An assortment of songs about the
future.
January 8-10: (01/05/10): 10-02:
Gilbert & Sullivan. Selections from “Pinafore”, “The
Pirates of Penzance”, and The Mikado”.
January 15-17: (01/12/10): 10-03:
“Finian’s Rainbow”. The Yip Harburg and Burton Lane
classic is back on Broadway. We’ll hear the original 1947 cast.
January 22-24: (01/19/10): 10-04:
Jerome Kern in Hollywood. Kern classics with lyrics by
Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, and Oscar Hammerstein.
January 29-31: (01/26/10): 10-05:
Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby on the Radio. Show tunes
recorded just for radio play.
February 5-7: (02/2/10): 10-06: “Bye
Bye Birdie”. Another of this season’s Broadway
revivals. We’ll hear the original 1960 cast.
February 12-14: (02/9/10): 10-07: My
Funny Valentine. Tender songs and comic Valentines
for the Valentine weekend.
February 19-21: (02/16/10): 10-08:
Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman play Broadway. With excellent
vocalists.
February 26-28: (02/23/10): 10-09: The
Winter’s New Paper and Plastic. The season’s new books,
records, and videos.
March 4-7: (03/02/10): 10-10: Rock
Musicals. The new music on stage and screen.
March 11-14: (03/09/10): 10-11: Frank
Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald Live— but mostly not together.
Concerts in Australia and Hollywood.
Spring Funder: Some of My Favorite
Things. When asked to pick favorites, instead of top ten lists,
I paraphrase that Yip Harburg-Burton Lane song with “When I don’t hear
the music I like, I like the music I hear.” Today we’ll hear an
assortment of songs I like.
March 18-21: (03/16/10): 10-12: Spring
Is Here. The calendar says “spring”, so this week Broadway
Revisited welcomes the season with an assortment of songs about April,
May, and June from Rodgers & Hart, Tom Lehrer, William Shakespeare,
Sigmund Romberg and other authorities. Swing into Spring on
Broadway Revisited.
March 25-28: (03/23/10): 10-13:
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is
the feature on this week’s Broadway Revisited, with songs from the
musical, and Carol Channing reading from “Lorelei’s Diary”, bracketed
with a review of Channing’s career.
April 2-4: (03/30/10): 10-14: The
Musicals of Mel Brooks. A real producer, who also writes
the words and music..
April 9-11: (04/6/10): 10-15: April in
Paris. A travelogue of the City of Light
April 21 is the hundredth
anniversary of the death of Mark Twain, and we recognize it with a
program blending his diaries of Adam and Eve with the Broadway musical
version, The Apple Tree.
April 16-18: (04/13/10): 10-16: Adam
and Eve and “The Apple Tree”. A blend of readings from
Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam and Eve with songs from the Jerry Bock and
Sheldon Harnick musical version.
April 23-25: (04/20/10): 10-17:
Susannah McCorkle and Woody Herman. Broadway in a mellow
mood.
April 30-May 1-2: (04/27/10): 10-18:
“My One and Only”.Tommy Tune, Twiggy, and the Gershwins.
May 7-9: (05/4/10): 10-19: Jimmy Van
Heusen and the lyrics of Sammy Cahn and Johnny Burke.
May 14-16: (05/11/10): 10-20:
Remembering Jerry Orbach. From “The Threepenny Opera” to
42nd Street”.
May 21-23: (05/18/10): 10-21: “The
Boys from Syracuse”. From Plautus to Shakespeare to
Rodgers & Hart.
May 28-30: (05/25/10): 10-22: The
Spring’s New Plastic. The season’s new records and videos.
June 4-6: (06/01/10): 10-23: Family
Values. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and children.
June 11-13: (06/08/10): 10-24: Preview
of This Year’s Tony Awards. Hear songs from the nominees on this
week’s review of the Broadway season.
June 18-20: (06/15/10): 10-25: A
Broadway Marriage Manual. Useful observations for
“Marriage Month”.
June 25-27: (06/22/10): 10-26: The
Frank Loesser Centennial. A celebration of the songwriter born a
hundred years ago this month.
July 2-4: (06/29/10): 10-27: Leonard
Bernstein: Overtures and Dance Music. Leonard Bernstein’s
orchestral music in his shows is as good as the songs, and today we
deliver a generous sampling.
July 9-11: (07/06/10): 10-28: Mary
Poppins. The nanny musical on screen and stage.
July 16-18: (07/13/10): 10-29: The
Masochism Tango. Songs of people who enjoy
suffering.
July 23-25: (07/20/10): 10-30: Two by
Kern. “Music in the Air” and “The Cat and the Fiddle”.
July 30-August 1: (07/27/10): 10-31:
10-05: Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby on the Radio. Show tunes
recorded just for radio play.
August 6-8: (08/03/10): 10-32: Artie
Shaw and Benny Goodman play Broadway. With excellent
vocalists.
August 13-15: (08/10/10): 10-33: Frank
Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald Live— but mostly not together.
Concerts in Australia and Hollywood.
August 20-22: (08/17/10): 10-34: The
Musicals of Mel Brooks. A real producer, who also writes
the words and music.
August 27-30: (08/24/10): 10-35: The
Frank Loesser Centennial. A celebration of the songwriter born a
hundred years ago this year.
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