CURTAIN UP: For Curtain Up, we focus on musicals that open that week in history. For this Friday, April 26th, there were so many to choose from including Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), Company (1970), Jelly’s Last Jam (1992), Leap of Faith (2012), Tuck Everlasting (2016), and Bandstand (2017).
However, for this week’s feature broadcast, I have chosen a personal favorite, The Life (1997). Cy Coleman returned to Broadway six years after winning the Tony Award for Best Score for The Will Rogers Follies. The musical about the life of prostitutes in 1980’s Times Square starred Chuck Cooper, Pamela Isaacs, Kevin Ramsey, and Lillias White. Cooper and White both won Tony Awards for their performances. It ran for 466 performances.
“Curtain Up” is our weekly program playing a complete cast recording from Overture to Finale. It premieres on Friday at 8pm EST with two re-broadcasts – the following Monday at 2am EST and Wednesday at 11am EST. You can listen online here on our website or via apps and devices (Apple iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Echo/Alexa etc.).
Peruse our catalog and make a selection. Each night from 8-10PM (EST) we play all your requests! Or check out our lineup of shows and special programming segments.
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