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Regarding Broadway, Pt. 1

The history of musical theater predates George M. Cohan, but for a beginning, we start on November 7, 1904, when 

We look at how the Great Depression affected musicals, and how 

 forever changed what they would eventually become.


Cohan: "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

Tierney/McCarthy:  "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "Rivera Rage", and "An Irish Girl" from 

Debbie Reynolds and Cast (Original Broadway Cast - 1973 Revival)

Youmans/Harbach and Caesar: "I Want to Be Happy" from 

Jack Gilford, Susan Watson and the tap dancing of Ruby Keeler (Original Broadway Cast - 1971 Revival)

Kern/Hammerstein: Overture, "You Are Love" and "Old Man River" from 

John Raitt, Barbara Cook and William Warfield

Rodgers: "Slaughter on 10th Avenue", from 

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Broadway information - presented by The Broadway League

Lynne has been at this radio thing since 1984 when she fell into an historic job at KFAC AM and FM, the commercial classical station in Los Angeles.  She was the first woman staff announcer in the station's history, and it was such big news back then, it made the LA newspapers and national radio publications.  She is thrilled women in radio is no longer newsworthy.


Lynne Warfel

Lynne Warfel takes a look back at the early days of Broadway, including the start of it all in 1904, up through the Great Depression.


Regarding Broadway: Part One - The Early Days

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