Stephen Flaherty

On last week’s Dress Circle, we played several instrumental pieces, and you kindly let us know that you liked to hear orchestral versions of musicals, so on this week’s program (12/8 7:00 p.m.), we’ll hear symphonic suites from five shows with which you are mostly likely familiar.

One of the reasons we love musicals is that most of them include a variety of musical styles in their scores. For some reason, we decided to look at musicals that include rags of various kinds, and, along with two slow rags called drags, we'll be looking at fourteen songs on this week's program.

Some musicals transcend their stage lives through various means, and we’re going to be looking at one of those incarnations on this week’s Dress Circle…

The 3/18 (7:00 p.m.) Dress Circle will feature recordings produced by The York Theatre Company which, for over 48 years, has been dedicated to the…