Originating on WMNR Fine Arts Radio [email protected] Playlist* Program is archived 24-48 hours after broadcast and can be heard Broadway Bound with Garrett Stack free of charge at Public Radio Exchange, > prx.org > Broadway Bound *Playlist is listed alphabetically by show (disc) title, not in order of play. Show #: 264 Broadcast Date: February 4, 2017 Time: 16:00 - 18:00 # Selections: 22 n spite of a horrible business climate, Times Square an Iembarrassment, 42nd St. overrun with pimps, hustlers prostitutes and panhandlers, and urine-soaked sidewalks up and down the theater district, a few good musicals were produced and kept Broadway alive in the 1980’s.

Time Writer(s) Title Artist Disc Label Year Position Comment File Number Intro Track Holiday Release Date Date Played Date Played Copy 4:45 [m]Harry Warren[l]Al Dubbin Overture/Audition - 42nd Street Orchestra Danny Carroll/Ensemble 42nd Street - Original Broadway Cast RCA 1980 8/25/1980 - 1/8/1989. 3486 perf. 2 1981 Tony Awrds: best musical; choreography CDS Fort 1 11/12/112/4/17 3:35 Roger Miller River in the Rain Daniel Jenkins and - Original Broadway Cast MCA 1985 Apr 25, 1985 - Sep 20, 1987 - 1005 perf CDS Big 0:16 10 1985 9/20/08 11/8/08 7/23/11 3/15/14 2/4/17 Seven 1986 : Best Musical; Best Book; Best Score; Best Featured Actor - 4:02 Alex Hill/Andy Razaf If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On Ruth Brown Black and Blue (1989 Original Broadway Cast) DRG 1989 1/26/1989 -1/20/1991. 829 perf "A Musical Revue" CDS Black and B 5 1989 2/4/17 2:49 A L Weber/T S Elliot OvertureIt Cats Act One - Original Broadway Cast - DISC 1 Polydor 1983 Oct 7, 1982 - Sep 10, 2000 - 7485 perf CDS Cats 1 1983 8/6/16 2/4/17 4:19 Andrew Lloyd Weber/TS Elliot The Ad-Dressing of Cats Cats Act Two - Original Broadway Cast - DISC 2 Polydor 1983 Oct 7, 1982 - Sep 10, 2000 - 7485 perf CDS Cats none 2/9 1983 2/4/17 1983 Best Musical Tony 3:33 (m)Henry Krieger (l)Tom Eyen Cadillar(addressing Car of cats) Ben Harney, Cleavant Derricks, Obba - DISC 1 - 25th Anniversary HIP-O/Decca 1981 12/20/1981- 8/11/1985. 1521 perf. 1982 Tony Awards: Best Book - Tom Eyan; Best CDS Dreamg none 3 2006 2/4/17 Remastered Original Broadway Cast Actor - Ben Harney; Best Actress - Jennifer Holliday; Best Featured Actor - Cleavant 5:10 Finale/Children Will Listen BernadetteBabatunde, PetersVondie andCurtis Company - Original Broadway Cast RCA/BMG 1987 Nov 5, 1987 - Sep 3, 1989 - 765 perf CDS Int 19 1987 11/25/064/28/07 5/8/10 2/4/17 6:33 Stephen Sondheim A Funny Thing Happened On The Original Cast Jerome Robbins' Broadway - Original Broadway BMG 1989 CDS Jerome Robb 5 1989 2/4/17 Cast - disc 1 5:49 Jerry Herman WayWith YouTo onThe My ForumArm/La (ComedyCage aux Gene Barry and Company La Cage aux Folles - Original Broadway Cast RCA Red Seal 1983 8/21/1983 - 11/15/1987. 1761 perf. 6 1984 Tony Awards: Best Musical; Best Book CDS La Cage 0:05 15 1983 10/28/067/10/10 12/6/14 7/18/15 2/4/17 Folles/Song on the Sand/The Best of []; Score [Jerry Herman]; Actor []; Costume Design; 0:24 Ellie Greenwich Dialogue Cast Leader of the Pack - Original Broadway Cast Wounded Bird 1985 4/8/1985 - 7/21/1985. Three months. 120 perf. Nominated for Best Musical. CDS Leader 11 1985 8/7/10 2/9/13 2/4/17 2:42 E Greenwich/T Powers/P Spector Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Darlene Love and Company Leader of the Pack - Original Broadway Cast Wounded Bird 1985 4/8/1985 - 7/21/1985. Three months. 120 perf. Nominated for Best Musical. CDS Leader 12 1985 8/7/10 6/25/11 2/9/13 2/4/17 4:31 (m)Claude-Michele Schönberg RedMarry And Black Les Misérables Original Cast Les Misérables - Original Broadway Cast [Disc 1] Geffen 1987 3/12/1987 - 5/18/2003. 6680 perf. 8 1987 Tony Awards: Best Musical; Book; Score; CDS Les 15 1987 2/4/17 (l)Herbert Kretzmer Featured Actor [Michael Maguire]; Featured Actress [Frances Ruffelle]; Scenic Design; 2:59 (m)Claude-Michele Schönberg Empty Chairs At Empty Tables David Bryant Les Misérables - Original Broadway Cast [Disc 2] Geffen 1987 3/12/1987 - 5/18/2003. 6680 perf. 8 1987 Tony Awards: Best Musical; Book; Score; CDS Les 0:05 16 1987 2/4/17 (l)Herbert Kretzmer Featured Actor [Michael Maguire]; Featured Actress [Frances Ruffelle]; Scenic Design; 3:57 W&M: Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane Overture Bruce Pomahac, cond. & Company Meet Me In St. Louis - Original Broadway Cast DRG/iTunes 1990 11/2/1989 - 6/10/1990, Seven Months. 252 perf. Four Tony Noms. No awards. Book CDS Meet Me 1 1989 2/4/17 by Hugh Wheeler. 2:25 George & Ira Gershwin Strike Up The Band My One and Only -Broadway Single Purchases Vol iTunes 1983 From MY ONE and ONLY: 5/1/1983 - 3/3/1985. 767 perf. CSV BdwSngl 0:05 10 11/22/085/2/09 5/14/11 11/26/115/18/13 9/14/13 9/26/15 9/3/16 2/4/17 2 4:01 Be On Your Own Karen Akers - Original Broadway Cast Sony 1982 5/9/1982 - 2/4/1984. 17 months, 732 perf CDS Nine 0:10 15 1982 12/6/14 2/4/17 2:35 J Wann The Best Man Debra Monk Pump Boys and Dinettes - On Broadway Original CBS 1982 2/4/1982 - 6/18/1983 (16 months) - 573 perf. TONY NOMINATION "Best Musical." CDS Pump 0:05 5 1982 2/4/17 Cast No Award. 4:58 (m)C Strouse (l)S Schwartz Rags (with ) Dick Latessa, Judy Kuhn (judy kyoon) Rags - Members of the Original Broadway Cast Sony 1987 8/21/1986 - 8/23/1986. 4 [four] perf. Book-Joseph Stein. Had 18 previews. CDS Rags none 10 1991 11/23/132/4/17 Personifies "flop." Julia Migenes was NOT in the Broadway cast. Larry Kert was. 3:44 A L Weber/Don Black Unexpected Song Bernadette Peters Song & Dance: The Songs - Original Broadway Cast RCA Red Seal 1985 CDS Song & Danc 0:07 11 1985 10/14/069/12/15 2/4/17 3:38 Stephen Sondheim Move On Bernadette Peters & Sunday in the Park With George Broadway Cast PS Classics 1984 CDS Sunday 8 2006 6/7/08 8/15/15 2/4/17 3:44 Rupert Holmes Dont Quit While You're Ahead Cleo Laine, Betty Buckley & Company The Mystery Of Edwin Drood -1985 Broadway Polydor 1985 12/2/1985 - 5/16/1987. 608 perf.Four 1986 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Book, CDS Mystery of E 0:07 15 1985 2/4/17 Cast Best Score, Best Actor - . 1:57 Andrew Lloyd Weber/Charles Hart The Mirror (Angel Of Music) & Sarah Brightman The Phantom Of The : Highlights From The Polygram 1987 Opened Jan. 26, 1988 [Will become longest running show in Broadway history in January CDS Pha 0:03 4 1987 2/4/17 Original Cast Recording 2006] 4:17 Andrew Lloyd Weber/Charles Hart The Phantom Of The Opera Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman The Phantom Of The Opera: Highlights From The Polygram 1987 Opened Jan. 26, 1988 [Is the longest running show in Broadway history.] CDS Pha 5 1987 10/14/0611/22/081/31/09 10/17/0910/16/101/5/13 2/4/17 Original Cast Recording Still running as of 1/31/09