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While we were working on a previous program, we got the idea for a playlist of songs from the musicals about "dreams," and we've mined fifteen musicals from stage and screen to fill that list.
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The composing team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans don't have name recognition, but their songs are known by many, and we'll sample 17 of them on from Broadway, Hollywood, and television on this week's program. You're sure to know songs like, the theme from "Mr. Ed" and "Dear Heart" even if you don't know their creators' names.
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This program features Sinatra singing songs from eleven of the films with which he was associated and even includes a song from his short stint in "Carousel."
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This week's program is a little bit of calendar arts (and crafts) featuring songs about the sun and moon so that you can "build" your own eclipse!
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We're spanning 137 years of Broadway musical history as we look at some of the shows that opened in New York in January. From 1887's "The Old Homestead" to this year's "Days of Wine and Roses," we've got 14 songs from a variety of wonderful sources.
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We're looking at some of the shows that opened in New York in September, and this month's playlist covers 116 years of American theatre history.
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This is the first of three programs looking at songs from the musicals that let audiences know the inner thoughts of characters. Called "I Want" songs because they let us know what characters want that drives them to do the things they do throughout the show, these songs usually appear in the first 15 to 20 minutes of the show if they're included in the score. This program looks at 15 songs with "I Want" in their titles.
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This is the second and final program in a series that looks at the work of composer/lyricist Sheldon Harnick whom we lost on June 23rd of 2023.
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This program is taking a second look at some of the numerous ballets found in Broadway musicals from the familiar, "Oklahoma!" to the totally forgotten, "Shangri-La."
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To celebrate all of you mothers out there, we've turned to the musicals for songs about mothers, mommas, and mamas in a variety of circumstances.