John Kander

We’re turning to the first of two programs on this week’s Dress Circle (10/19 7:00 p.m.) that will feature some of our favorite songs from stage and screen musicals and soundtracks. Michael is up first, and he’s chosen 13 vastly different songs that really do express his rather eclectic tastes, and by no means is this even the tip of the iceberg of the list of his “favorites.”

Over the years, we’ve often said that pieces were some of our “favorites,” and we do have many. We tried to wrangle them into a manageable size, but we still had enough for several programs. With this in mind, this week’s Dress Circle (2/23 7:00 p.m.) will look at some of our favorite overtures and opening numbers because we had far fewer of those than we did individual songs.

We’re heading off to Broadway on this week’s Dress Circle. That may seem a bit redundant, but we’re going to be looking at songs about Broadway from stage and screen musicals.

We're completing our celebration of the stage life of Chita Rivera with songs from some of her later Broadway outings including "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "The Rink," "The Visit," and revivals of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and "Nine."

The weather may be unpredictable, but this week’s Dress Circle (3/4 7:00 p.m.) certainly isn’t. Since it’s the beginning of the month, we’ll once again…