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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
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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
Website:
http://wfmu.org/playlists/AX
Episodes
These are a few of the things that I like from Aug 1, 2025
8/1/2025
Melvin Van Peebles - "Come on Feet Do Your Thing" - Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death [Music & Lyrics: Melvin Van Peebles] [0:00:00]
Joe Iconis & Family - "Album" - Album [Music & Lyrics: Joe Iconis] [0:13:12]
Douglas Bernstein - "I Want To Be The Mayor" - Mayor (The Original Cast Album) [Music & Lyrics: Charles Strouse] [0:16:32]
Alison Fraser & Scott Bakula - "I'll Always Remember the Song" - Romance Romance: Two New Musicals [Music: Keith Herrmann
Lyrics: Barry Harman] [0:20:03]
Carol Channing - "The Girl in the Show" - Show Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Charles Gaynor] [0:23:58]
George M! Ensemble - "Twentieth Century Love" - George M! (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: George M. Cohan] [0:27:11]
Jason Alexander & Faith Prince - "I Still Get Jealous" - Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Jule Styne
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn] [0:28:43]
Alice Babs - "Said the Willow Tree" - Alice in Israel [Music & Lyrics: Reinhold Svensson & Signe Hasso] [0:43:10]
Woody Herman & His Orchestra - "Misirlou" - Blue Flame/Misirlou [Music: Unknown
Lyrics: Fred Wise, Chaim Tauber & Milton Leeds] [0:45:32]
Rudy Vallee - "Makin' Whoopee!" - If I Had You/Makin' Whoopee! [Music: Walter Donaldson
Lyrics: Gus Kahn] [0:47:49]
George Formby - "They Can't Fool Me" - They Can't Fool Me/It's in the Air [Music & Lyrics: George Formby, Harry Gifford & Fred E. Cliffe] [0:50:23]
Earl Bostic - "Time On My Hands" - Time On My Hands [Music: Vincent Youmans] [0:52:22]
Laura Ellis - "Tea for Two" - Here Lies Love [Music: Vincent Youmans
Lyrics: Irving Caesar] [0:57:11]
Lynn Roberts - "He Never Looks My Way" - I'm Gonna Love Ya 'Til I Die/He Never Looks My Way [Music: Jerry Livingston
Lyrics: Helen Deutsch] [1:05:15]
Jill Corey - "Love Will Find Out the Way" - Love Will Find Out the Way/Dream Boy [Music & Lyrics: George Weiss, Bo Goldman & Glenn Paxton] [1:07:17]
Anita Ellis with the Loomis McGlohon Trio - "Moments Like This" - Look To The Rainbow [Music: Burton Lane
Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [1:09:42]
Martha Wright - "Thine Alone" - Kiss Me Again/Thine Alone [Music: Victor Herbert
Lyrics: Henry Blossom] [1:11:44]
the J's With Jamie - "Here's Love" - Here's Love/Au Revoir [Music & Lyrics: Meredith Willson] [1:15:05]
Stephen Sondheim - "All Things Bright and Beautiful" - Follies (demo) [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:24:08]
Kathy Andrini - "The Mystery of the Moon" - Trixie True, Teen Detective (Live Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Kelly Hamilton] [1:26:30]
Liz Sheridan & Chorus Boys - "Hurry Harry" - Hurry Harry (bootleg) [Music: Bill Weeden
Lyrics: David Finkle] [1:29:10]
Melina Mercouri - "A Woman's Hands" - Lysistrata (bootleg) [Music & Lyrics: Peter Link] [1:33:42]
Jeanie Carson - "Song of Greater Britain" - Blood Red Roses (bootleg) [Music: Michael Valenti
Lyrics: John Lewin] [1:37:07]
Jefferson Mays & A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Original Cast - "I Don't Understand the Poor" - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Steven Lutvak
Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak] [1:47:23]
Jose Ferrer - "How Do You Do, Middle Age?" - The Girl Who Came to Supper (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Noel Coward] [1:49:11]
Jonathan Adams - "We Will All Go Together When We Go" - Tomfoolery [Music & Lyrics: Tom Lehrer] [1:56:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154739
Duration:02:05:41
They Love to SInga from Jul 25, 2025
7/25/2025
The Hi-Lo's - "The Desert Song" - Suddenly It's the Hi-Lo's [Music: Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics: Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:00:00]
Thurl Ravenscroft & the Mellomen - "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" - Barbershop Melodies Volume 3 [Music: Al Shean
Lyrics: Bryan Foy] [0:12:48]
The Rhythm Boys with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - "You Took Advantage of Me" - You Took Advantage of Me/Do I Hear You Saying (I Love You) [Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [0:17:31]
The Rondoliers - "Happy Days Are Here Again" - Happy Days Are Here Again/You Can't Stop Me from Falling in Love With You [Music: Milton Ager
Lyrics: Jack Yellen] [0:18:59]
The Boswell Sisters - "Shine On, Harvest Moon" - Shine On, Harvest Moon/Heebie Jeebie [Music & Lyrics: disputed] [0:20:26]
Bing Crosby With The Mills Brothers - "Dinah" - Shine/Dinah [Music: Harry Akst
Lyrics: Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young] [0:22:12]
The King's Jesters - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" - Some of These Days/I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby [Music: Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [0:25:12]
The Ink Spots - "Slap That Bass" - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off/Slap That Bass [Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [0:28:07]
The Pied Pipers - "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - What Is This Thing Called Love?/In a Little Spanish Town [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [0:30:14]
The Cats & the Fiddle - "Blue Skies" - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire/Blue Skies [Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin] [0:40:41]
The Charioteers - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Music: Duke Ellington
Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster] [0:42:42]
Perry Como & the Satisfiers - "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" - You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)/I'm Always Chasing Rainbows [Music: Frederic Chopin (adapted by Harry Carroll)
Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy] [0:45:21]
The Spirits of Rhythm - "Honeysuckle Rose" - Honeysuckle Rose/Last Call Blues [Music: Fats Waller
Lyrics: Andy Razaf] [0:48:25]
The Four Vagabonds - "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans" - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans/The Pleasure's All Mine [Music: Louis Alter
Lyrics: Eddie de Lange] [0:51:26]
The Ravens - "Ol' Man River" - Ol' Man River/Would You Believe Me [Music: Jerome Kern
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:54:04]
The Dinning Sisters - "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now/Lolita Lopez [Music: Harold Orlob
Lyrics: Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams] [0:57:02]
The Starlighters - "Fun and Fancy Free" - Kate/Fun and Fancy Free [Music: George David Weiss
Lyrics: Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss] [0:59:55]
The Jubalaires - "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" - A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes [Music & Lyrics: Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston] [1:10:53]
The Mariners - "They Call the Wind Maria" - They Call the Wind Maria/The Tinkle Song [Music: Frederick Loewe
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner] [1:12:52]
the swallows - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - I Only Have Eyes for You/You Walked In [Music: Harry Warren
Lyrics: Al Dubin] [1:14:59]
The Hilltoppers - "Love Walked In" - Love Walked In/To Be Alone [Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [1:16:24]
The Peters Sisters with Billy Moore Jr. & His Orchestra - "'S Wonderful" - ' S Wonderful/Basin Street Blues [Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [1:18:58]
The Four Freshmen - "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" - Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones [Music: James V. Monaco
Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy] [1:21:12]
Delta Rhythm Boys w/Andrew Burman's Band - "Lover Come Back to Me" - They Didn't Believe Me [Music: Sigmund Romberg
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [1:23:24]
The Ray Charles Singers - "Mountain Greenery" - Mountain Greenery [Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Lorenz Hart] [1:33:40]
The Ames Brothers - "Exactly Like You" - Exactly Like You [Music: Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics: Dorothy...
Duration:02:06:19
I feel that I'm entitled to a hell of a show from Jul 18, 2025
7/18/2025
Joe Masiell - "I Don't Want to Know" - Love Is Only Love/I Don't Want to Know [Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman] [0:00:00]
Bill Hayes - "'Twas Brillig" - Bill Hayes Sings the Best of Disney [Music: Don Raye & Gene de Paul
Lyrics: Lewis Carroll (adapted by Don Raye & Gene de Paul)] [0:14:15]
Marion Bell - "strange music" - Smash Hits from Broadway Shows [Music: Edvard Grieg (adapted by Robert Wright & George Forrest)
Lyrics: Robert Wright & George Forrest] [0:15:53]
John Reardon & Suzanne Bernard - "Don't Wait 'Til It's Too Late to See Paris" - New Faces of '56 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Arthur Siegel
Lyrics: June Carroll] [0:18:58]
Rose Marie Jun - "Where I Come From" - The Genius Farm (demo) [Music: Hal Borne
Lyrics: Norman Retchin] [0:22:19]
Bibi Osterwald - "Hamlet" - Ben Bagley's Frank Loesser Revisited [Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser] [0:24:18]
Polly Bergen with Luther Henderson and His Orchestra - "Make The Man Love Me" - The Party's Over [Music: Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics: Dorothy Fields] [0:36:45]
Max Bygraves - "You're driving me Crazy" - The Decca Years 1957-1962 [Music & Lyrics: Walter Donaldson] [0:39:26]
Koichi Sugii - "Tairyo-Bushi" - Japanese Jazz & Salon Music, 1936-1941, Vol. 1 [Music: Koichi Sigi] [0:42:42]
Ossie Davis - "How Cold, Cold, Cold" - The Zulu and the Zayda [Music & Lyrics: Harold Rome] [0:43:52]
Joshua Henry - "The Highest Judge of All" - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II] [0:45:58]
The Mad Show Ensemble - "Eccch!" - The Mad Show - A New Musical Revue Based on MAD Magazine [Music: Mary Rodgers
Lyrics: Marshall Barer] [0:58:30]
Girl Crazy Chorus - "Land of the Gay Caballero" - Girl Crazy [Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin] [1:00:06]
Pat Stanley & Goldilocks Ensemble - "The Pussy Foot" - Goldilocks (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Leroy Anderson
Lyrics: Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr & Joan Ford] [1:04:17]
Kay McClelland & Orchestra New England - "The Tale of the Oyster" - Fifty Million Frenchmen [Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter] [1:06:18]
Betty Buckley - "serenity" - Triumph of Love (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Jeffrey Stock
Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead] [1:09:31]
Lillian Castillo & the Ride the Cyclone World Premiere Cast Recording Ensemble - "Sugar Cloud" - Ride the Cyclone: The Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell] [1:20:14]
Ed Evanko - "I Am All A-Blaze" - Canterbury Tales - Original Broadway Cast [Music: John Hawkins & Richard Hill
Lyrics: Nevill Coghill] [1:22:30]
Nikki M. James - "vocalise" - Preludes (Original Cast Recording) [Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff (adapted by Dave Malloy)] [1:25:17]
Cristin Milioti - "The Hill" - Once - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová] [1:29:35]
Lillias White & FELA! Original Broadway Cast - "Rain" - Fela! Original Broadway Cast Recording [Music & Lyrics: Fela Kuti] [1:33:51]
Madeline Kahn & Anyone Can Whistle Ensemble - "Me and My Town" - Anyone Can Whistle (Carnegie Hall Concert Cast Recording) [Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim] [1:39:42]
Betty Grable - "We're Gonna Make History" - Belle Starr (bootleg) [Music & Lyrics: Steve Allen] [1:51:47]
Cry-Baby Original Studio Cast - "Nothing Bad's Ever Gonna Happen Again" - Cry-Baby: The Musical (Original Studio Cast Recording) [Music: Adam Schlesinger
Lyrics: David Javerbaum] [1:56:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154255
Duration:02:05:30
Overtures Over and Over from Jul 11, 2025
7/11/2025
Benjamin Rayson, Teri Ralston, Barbara Lang, Gene Varrone & Beth Fowler - "Overture and Night Waltz" - A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Album) [Music: Stephen Sondheim] [0:00:00]
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Orchestra - "Overture" - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [Music: Arthur Schwartz] [0:03:57]
Roberta Orchestra - "Overture" - Jerome Kern's Roberta [Music: Jerome Kern] [0:09:01]
Michael Collins & his Orchestra - "Overture" - Where's Charley? [Music: Frank Loesser] [0:12:10]
Fanny Orchestra - "Overture" - Fanny (Original Cast Recording) [Music: Harold Rome] [0:15:39]
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - "Of Thee I Sing: Overture" - George Gershwin - Overtures [Music: George Gershwin] [0:31:48]
The Pipe Dream Orchestra - "Overture" - Pipe Dream (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Richard Rodgers] [0:33:14]
Plain and Fancy Orchestra - "Overture" - Plain and Fancy - Original Broadway Cast [Music: Albert Hague] [0:37:48]
The Fantasticks Orchestra - "Overture" - The Fantasticks (Original Cast Recording) [Music: Harvey Schmidt] [0:42:00]
The Color Purple Orchestra - "Overture" - The Color Purple (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis & Stephen Bray] [0:43:58]
Man of La Mancha Orchestra - "Overture" - Man of La Mancha [Music: Mitch Leigh] [0:52:31]
Very Good Eddie Orchestra - "Overture" - Very Good Eddie [Music: Jerome Green] [0:54:44]
Arabian Nights Orchestra - "Overture" - On Your Toes (Broadway Revival Cast 1954) [Music: Richard Rodgers] [0:57:58]
South Pacific Orchestra - "Overture" - South Pacific (New Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Richard Rodgers] [1:02:16]
Gypsy Orchestra - "Overture" - Gypsy (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Jule Styne] [1:07:54]
Carousel Orchestra - "The Carousel Waltz" - Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Richard Rodgers] [1:18:15]
Bajour Orchestra - "Overture" - Bajour (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Walter Marks] [1:24:54]
Mack & Mabel Orchestra - "Overture" - Mack & Mabel (Original Cast Recording) [Music: Jerry Herman] [1:29:09]
My Fair Lady Orchestra - "Overture" - My Fair Lady [Music: Frederick Loewe] [1:33:46]
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Orchestra - "Overture" - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Burton Lane] [1:36:45]
Sweet Charity Orchestra - "Overture" - Sweet Charity (Original Broadway Cast) [Music: Cy Coleman] [1:47:48]
On the Twentieth Century Orchestra - "Overture" - On the Twentieth Century [Music: Cy Coleman] [1:49:41]
Cats Orchestra - "The Overture" - Cats (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber] [1:52:55]
New York Philharmonic - "Overture to Candide" - Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Fancy Free/Overture to Candide/On the Town/Prelude, Fugue and Riffs [Music: Leonard Bernstein] [1:58:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153369
Duration:02:06:34