Victor Herbert

Happy May! As always, we’re celebrating the month by looking at some of the musicals that opened in New York this month on this week’s Dress Circle (5/4 7:00 p.m.). The list of May openings is not extensive because of Tony nominations and voting. The cut-off for nominations this year was April 27th, so a show opening after that would be eligible for the following year’s award if the nominating committee and voters remembered it. We still have eleven shows represented, spanning 119 years of musical history.

Another year has just about come to an end, and we’ll begin this final month with our regular feature on this week’s Dress Circle (12/1 7:00 p.m.) as we listen to a few of the shows that had openings in New York in December. From Victor Herbert’s “Mlle. Modiste” in 1905 to our latest opening for which we have a cast recording, 2023’s “How to Dance in Ohio,” we’ll be sampling songs from shows spanning 118 years.

We’re beginning October with our regular feature as we look at a baker’s dozen songs from some of the musicals opening this month on this week’s Dress Circle (10/6 7:00 p.m.). Our final playlist covers 121 years of Broadway history.

It's back to school time, so we've turned to musicals from Broadway, London's West End, television, and film for a selection of songs to illuminate several aspects of the happy event.

We’ll be looking at some forgotten operettas on this week’s Dress Circle with the help of Wooster’s Ohio Light Opera Company. For over 40 years, the company has been producing musicals, mostly over the summers, and this first of two programs showcasing some of their recordings will look at five operettas that were popular in their day but have all but disappeared today.

Among other things, December is the month of turquoise and the narcissus, and on this Week’s Dress Circle (12/5 7:00 p.m.), we’ll sample some of those…

Help us celebrate September, the month of morning glories and chickens, on this week’s Dress Circle (9/6 7:00 p.m.) as we look at a few of the shows…

We’re welcoming in October on this week’s Dress Circle (10/6 7:00 p.m.) with just a few of the shows that opened or will open this month, and the results…