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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Location:

United States

Networks:

WFMU

Description:

Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

Language:

English


Episodes
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Tulips On Fire from May 2, 2025

5/2/2025
William Reeve & the Voices of Walter Schumann - "they call the wind maria" - They Call the Wind Maria/Moonglow [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:00:00] Unidentified Singer with Elliott Everett and His Orchestra - "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" - The Songs from My Fair Lady [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:13:09] Unidentified singers - "Heather on the Hill" - Songs from Brigadoon and Other Favorites [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [0:15:18] Ed Sullivan Singers - "They say it's Wonderful" - Ed Sullivan Presents Songs and Music of Annie Get Your Gun [Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin] [0:18:06] Perry Como with the Ray Charles Singers - "Empty Pockets Filled with Love" - The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President [Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin] [0:19:56] The Marcels - "One Last Kiss" - Bye Bye Birdie [Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams] [0:22:51] Kathy Lennon, Aladdin & Larry Hooper - "That Sounds Logical to Me" - Ice Capades Presents Alice in Wonderland [Music: Lyn Murray Lyrics: Sid Kuller] [0:34:10] Charles Fredericks & the Guild Choristers - "The Mounties" - Selections from Rose Marie [Music: Rudolf Friml & Herbert Stothart Lyrics: Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:37:04] The Deep River Boys - "Necessity" - Recorded Selections from Finian's Rainbow [Music: Burton Lane Lyrics: Yip Harburg] [0:38:56] Stephen Douglass - "The Night Was Made For Love" - The Cat and The Fiddle [Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Otto Harbach] [0:41:03] Ray Charles Singers - "Racing with the Clock" - Pajama Game [Music & Lyrics: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross] [0:44:42] jim nabors - "Man of La Mancha" - Man of La Mancha [Music: Mitch Leigh Lyrics: Joe Darion] [0:47:53] Lois Hunt - "I Hate Men" - Kiss Me, Kate [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:58:45] Louise O'Brien & Jack Haskell - "That Ring on the Finger" - Selections from Destry Rides Again [Music & Lyrics: Harold Rome] [1:00:38] Helen Halpin & Jack Searle - "The Night They Invented Champagne" - Songs from the Arthur Freed Production Gigi [Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:02:47] Roberta Peters - "What's The Use Of Wondrin" - Carousel [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:04:43] Nelson Eddy, Portia Nelson & Virginia Haskins - "the surrey with the fringe on top" - Oklahoma! [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:14:02] The Victor Chorale with the On the Town Orchestra - "lucky to be me" - on the town [Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green] [1:20:17] Duke Hazlett - "Bewitched" - Pal Joey [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [1:22:06] June Marlow - "Who Are You Now" - Funny Girl [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill] [1:24:51] Tony Travis - "Time Remembered" - Time Remembered (Studio Cast) [Music & Lyrics: Vernon Duke] [1:27:16] Sandra Deel - "A Wonderful Guy" - South Pacific [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:30:05] Jack Jones with the Pete King Chorale & Orchestra - "Corduroy Road" - Wildcat [Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh] [1:40:07] Jimmy Carroll - "My Little Irish Rose" - Eileen [Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics: Henry Blossom] [1:42:03] Frances Bible - "Huguette Waltz" - The Vagabond King [Music: Rudolf Friml Lyrics: Brian Hooker & William H. Post] [1:44:37] Alfred Drake - "Don't Ask Me Not to Sing" - roberta [Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Otto Harbach] [1:47:42] Robert Rounseville & Jon Geyans - "Golden Days" - Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince [Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Dorothy Donnelly] [1:50:29] Kay Medford - "Rose's Turn" - Kay Medford in Gypsy [Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:56:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151608
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Crucify the Verse from Apr 25, 2025

4/25/2025
Malcolm Gets & A New Brain Ensemble - "And They're Off" - A New Brain (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: William Finn] [0:00:00] Deborah S. Craig - "I Speak Six Languages" - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: William Finn] [0:02:07] Michael Rupert - "Mark's All-Male Thanksgiving" - Elegies - A Song Cycle [Music & Lyrics: William Finn] [0:04:35] Christian Borle - "What More Can I Say?" - Falsettos (2016 Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: William Finn] [0:08:27] Adam Heller - "Mister, Make Me a Song" - Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (Live Recording of Original Off-Broadway Cast) [Music & Lyrics: William Finn] [0:12:40] Floyd Collins Ensemble - "Is That Remarkable?" - Floyd Collins (Original Off-Broadway Cast) [Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel] [0:37:13] Vernon Dalhart - "Death of Floyd Collins" - Wreck of the Shenandoah/Death of Floyd Collins [Music & Lyrics: Andrew Jenkins] [0:40:01] Bobby Short - "Hallelujah I'm a Bum" - Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [0:43:12] The Tune Twisters - "Hello, 'Frisco!" - Hello, 'Frisco! [Music: Louis A. Hirsch Lyrics: Gene Buck] [0:46:50] Annamary Dickey - "strange music" - Live on Best of All [Music: Edvard Grieg (adapted by Robert Wright & George Forrest) Lyrics: Robert Wright & George Forrest] [0:49:21] Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra - "A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)" - A Fine Romance/The Waltz in Swing Time [Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [0:52:12] Michelle Williams & Death Becomes Her Original Broadway Cast - "Don't Say I Didn't (Warn You)" - Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast) [Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison & Noel Carey] [1:06:14] Katharine Hepburn & Coco Ensemble - "Ohrbach's, Bloomingdales, Best & Saks" - Coco - The Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music: Andre Previn Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:08:44] Tony Bennett - "The Skyscraper Blues" - Hometown, My Town [Music: Gordon Jenkins Lyrics: Tom Adair] [1:14:08] Steven Pasquale & John Pizzarelli - "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" - Some Other Time [Music: Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:20:14] George Dvorsky - "Princess of My Dreams" - Victor Herbert: Collected Songs [Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics: Gene Buck] [1:24:01] Estelle Parsons, Johnny Desmond & Nancy Andrews - "Higher and Higher Medley" - Ben Bagley's Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. III [Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [1:26:27] Gloria Jean - "A Little Bit of Heaven (Sure, They Call It Ireland)" - A Little Bit of Heaven (Sure, They Call It Ireland)/After Ev'ry Rainstorm [Music: Ernest Ball Lyrics: Jacob Keirn Brennan] [1:39:18] Maxine Sullivan - "Loch Lomond" - Loch Lomond/I'm Coming Virginia [Music & Lyrics: Traditional] [1:42:02] Duke Special - "River Chanty" - Huckleberry Finn [Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Maxwell Anderson] [1:43:10] Penelope Milford & Donna Theodore - "We Make a Beautiful Pair" - Shenandoah [Music: Gary Geld Lyrics: Peter Udell] [1:46:00] John Rubinstein & Jill Clayburgh - "Love Song" - Pippin [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz] [1:49:26] Mary Martin - "I Got Rhythm" - Girl Crazy [Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [1:53:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151470