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AG 24-09: Miss Show Business: Celebrating Judy Garland, 2/26/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

This week, we celebrate singer and film star Judy Garland. We’ll chronicle her music career and feature many of her recordings from the 1940s to th...

Broadway Revivals

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

For producers, if the cast is right, revivals are money in the bank.

AG 22-36: If I Loved You: Conditional Love Songs, 8/29/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow

The “conditional love song” became a staple of musical theater in its golden age, and this week on Afterglow, we’ll listen to jazz interpretations ...

524: Nichole Perkins, Lucy Walker, and Joshua Henry, 7/29/2022

From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire

This episode features writer Nichole Perkins, filmmaker Lucy Walker, and music from Broadway star Joshua Henry.

Miss Show Business: 100 Years Of Judy Garland

From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow (Jazz and American Popular Song): Specials

On this special, we celebrate singer and film star Judy Garland on what would have been her 100th birthday (June 10, 2022). We’ll chronicle her mus...

Strong Songs – Strong Women

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Women who are confident, self-reliant, assertive, fair and just sing songs of personal and collective strength.

Broadway Musicals: The 20 Longest Runs REWORKED

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

A run on Broadway can be a matter of days, or years or decades. The list keeps changing as some musicals continue their runs and others close. Here...

Bought by WMNR, KVNO, and GCR (Global Community Radio)

Summer Openings Often Flop

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Looking at the last 60 years of summer openings for musicals, only 11 have gotten enough traction to be bonafide hits.

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Let's Hear It For The Boys! REWORKED

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

It seems most Broadway musicals focus on leading females. What about the guys? These musicals are all about the boys.

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Survivor: Broadway in the '80s - REWORKED

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

New York City was a mess in the 1980's. Broadway attendance plummeted. Some predicted the end of the American Musical. In spite of all that, a few ...

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Desert Island Broadway Discs - REWORKED

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

If you had to choose a couple dozen Broadway tunes on your desert island, what would they be?

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Hope & Happiness

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Broadway musicals have no shortage of hope and happiness expressed in song.

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Easy On The Ears - REWORKED

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Pretty much, these songs, selected from Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, are easy to listen to. They won't put you to sleep, but you won't run t...

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It's Off-Broadway

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Off-Broadway is a specific term that refers to a set of theaters in New York based on the number of seats in the theater not its address. Everythin...

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Ghostlight of 2020

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

On March 12, 2020 the only lights on Broadway were ghostlights set on the stages of 40 shows force to close because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Now, Tomorrow or Never

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

A Broadway snapshot as of Feb. 1, 2020: musicals running, scheduled to open, or "in the works." Wild times ahead!

Bought by KVNO and Raven Radio

Around The World (part 1)

From: KXCI
Series: Moonlight Saving Time (MoonST)

Around the world in 180 minutes. Showcasing the various locales of Broadway and movie musicals. Part 1 explores the US, Canada, Mexico, The Caribbe...

A Tribute to Jerry Herman

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Jerry Herman is the master of hummable Broadway anthems that has had the world singing since 1960.

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It Takes a Company

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Nothing says Broadway like a big belting company ensemble.

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The Passing of Prince of Broadway

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

Harold Prince, who spent his entire life devoted to the musical theater, shaped, produced and directed countless hit shows over six decades. He die...

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