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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 20:16:56 GMT
Do many of you listen to these type of shows? I occasionally listen to EP but i'm not the biggest fan,
I really enjoy listening to Songs From The Shows, with Alex Hall, on BBC TEES Radio. It's on the BBC IPlayer. She play's songs from a real mix of shows, not the usual stuff that people think of. Recently she played The Hired Man, The Rink, Best Little Whorehouse, Titanic, Sweet Smell of Success. Out Of The Blue (and they dont come much more obscure than that!)
Thankfully there's not annoying giggles in it. Highly reccommended.
Any suggestions for other similar radio shows to look for?
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Post by Sue on Jun 26, 2016 9:34:58 GMT
I recommended Alex Hall's show on the old board so it's good to hear there's at least one other listener out there! In comparison to EP, yes you do lose the giggles and occasional 'me me me' references but with Alex you gain disorganisation (with loading tracks) and an obsession with Liz Callaway! However it's a firm favourite on my iplayer list along with EP and Peter Corry's 30 minute 'Show Tunes' programme on Radio Ulster.
I'm only aware of these three on the iplayer but like tbfl, I'm also curious to know about any other good shows out there, radio or tinterweb.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2016 9:53:07 GMT
There are always a few tracks not loading, playing the wrong one or them stopping them early for some reason. I find it quite endearing in an odd way. I never need to buy the Callaway 'Sibling Rivalry' albumn that for sure  |
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Post by junet on Jun 26, 2016 14:50:38 GMT
Hi, we also listen to Alex Hall. Through listening to her show we discovered shows that we never would have thought about.
Another show is Neil Foster on BBC Radio York on a Sunday afternoon. He plays songs from the shows.
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Post by shady23 on Jun 26, 2016 16:04:42 GMT
Thanks for this, didn't know about this show. Now catching up on I player.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 27, 2016 9:33:19 GMT
If you like interviews as well as songs then then the Inside The West End podcast has some interesting ones including Tim Minchin, Eva Noblezada, WestEnd Producer, Damian Humbley, Union Theatre's Sasha Regan and this weeks is the choreographer of Showboat Alistair David.
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Post by Raven on Jun 27, 2016 19:00:14 GMT
Just in case anyone is interested and perhaps missed out on the original broadcast back in December, BBC Radio 2 has a Rogers & Hammerstein themed Friday Night Is Music Night at 8pm on Friday.
From the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Anneka Rice and Michael Praed host a special 'Friday Night Is Music Night' for Christmas - 'Oh What A Beautiful Evening' - featuring the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. A star studded cast including Clare Teal, Tam Mutu, John Owen-Jones, Rosalie Craig, Hadley Fraser, Emma Williams and from Broadway, Ron Raines, together with the seventy piece BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Larry Blank, Capital Voices and a fifty voice chorus from the Arts Educational school, celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of 'The Sound of Music' and present songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatest musicals, 'The Sound of Music', 'Carousel', 'The King and I', 'Oklahoma' and 'South Pacific'. This glittering evening includes a special message from Dame Julie Andrews and features the songs ' I Have Confidence', 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin', 'The Surrey With the Fringe on Top', 'My Favorite Things', 'I Have Dreamed', 'There Is Nothin' Like A Dame', 'Oklahoma', 'If I Loved You', 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' and many, many more ...
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Post by CG on the loose on Aug 14, 2016 14:47:20 GMT
Just came across a new one hour show - Ivan Jackson's "Showtime" - airing on Pirate Nation (Sunday 3pm) and Bristol-based BCFM (not sure when but they upload shows on their website shortly after broadcast - bcfmradio.com/showtime-ivan-jackson). Nice mix of show news, show tunes and interviews as far as I can tell from one listen! |
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Post by Gregor on Aug 14, 2016 15:13:39 GMT
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Post by pochard on Nov 15, 2023 22:53:42 GMT
Reopening this thread as it was Alex Hall’s last Songs from the Shows this week. (Another victim of BBC local radio cuts?) Does anyone have any suggestions for current radio/internet shows that play a varied range of show tunes? I’ll miss her show…
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Post by anthony40 on Nov 16, 2023 9:18:05 GMT
I regularly listen to Magic at the Musicals. They play a range of songs from all genres of musical theatre, 24/7- though I'm not to sure what will happen at Christmas. Usually at Christmas, Magic Radio goes all Christmas; I guess we'll just wait and see.
But on Magic at the Musicals, every Saturday Lucie Jones does a show. Every Sunday morning Ruthie Hanshall hosts a show 'Behind the Stage Door'. Every Sunday evening they interview someone involved in a show- either staring in it, or involved somehow- either directing it, or choreographing it.
They also have an Artist is Residence series- a little while back it was Lizzie B, them Alfie Bow and currently Sam Tutty.
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Post by anniel on Nov 16, 2023 16:50:59 GMT
This is one of my bugbears!
We MT fans are poorly served by the BBC. We get 2 hours of EP a week and classical music fans have a whole channel. And I bet more people go to the theatre each week than to a classical concert.
I also get very cross when there are no MT proms as well. Surely out of the 70 odd there are, one or two with an MT focus could be included. . We also have some world class Mt performers and it would be good to celebrate them as well.
We pay our licence fee too.
I listen to Magic at the Musicals - it's not perfect but better than nothing!
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Post by Wilf on Nov 19, 2023 19:00:15 GMT
There is also Box Office Radio on the internet. boxofficeradio.co.uk/They are also organising a musicals weekend in Torquay in January with Lee Mead, Lucie Jones, Kerry Ellis, Rob Houchen, Cassidy Janson, Michael Xavier, Alice Fearn, Rachel John and Emma Kingston. |
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Post by Bickers on Nov 27, 2023 14:18:10 GMT
Rhys Humphreys does 2 hours of "Musicals, Movies and More" on Sunshine Radio Online every Tuesday night from 10pm til midnight. He loves his theatre and is also a budding thespian. An enjoyable listen! |
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