Rob Morrison’s next Musical Theatre Melodies broadcast on Tuesday, 14th June will feature a 50th anniversary tribute to the Stan Daniels musical So Long, 174th Street, (based on the play Enter Laughing by Joseph Stein adapted from the novel by Carl Reiner) from the cast recording featuring members of the original 1976 Broadway production including Robert Morse, Loni Ackerman, George S. Irving, Barbara Lang, Lawrence John Moss and Arthur Rubin, plus Kaye Ballard, Patti Karr and Stan Daniels himself (for the recording).
The programme will conclude with the 1963 album A Jolly Theatrical Season featuring Robert Morse and Charles Nelson Reilly singing songs by Jerry Herman, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Adler and Ross, Bock and Harnick, and others.
The broadcast will commence at 9 p.m. EST
For those who are unable to tune in “live”, podcasts will be available to listen to posted on the webpage at https://innerfm.org.au//shows/musical-theatre-melodies/ and https://omny.fm/shows/musicaltheatremelodies within 15 minutes after the conclusion of each broadcast.
(The podcast of the program has recently been ranked #2 amongst the Top 10 Australian Theatre Podcasts by Feedspot at https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_theatre_podcasts and ranked #10 amongst the Best 30 Theatre History Podcasts by Million Podcasts at https://www.millionpodcasts.com/theatre-history-podcasts/ ).
