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The Stately Holmes of England (January 7, 2001) Sherlockians generally agree that The World's Foremost Consulting Detective was born on January 6th, so we celebrate his birthday with music from Sherlock Holmes films as well as selections from the only Broadway musical based on Holmes' adventures,Baker Street. |
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That's Fantastic! (January 14, 2001) Music from three new fantasy/sf films: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Chocolat, and Farscape (OK, it's actually a Science Fiction Channel series instead of a movie; sue us!). |
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Back in the Alley (January 21, 2001) Fynsworth Alley, that is. It's another show featuring new releases form this theatre-oriented label, including Emily Skinner's new solo LP, a new off-Broadway cast recording of Godspell and Christiane Noll's new CD of Broadway love songs. |
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So Long, Farewell (January 28, 2001) Our last radio show for the forseeable future, as the KDHX Program Committee replaces Stage Left with another program regarded as more suitable for our current time slot, and Stage Left becomes an Internet-only show. We sign off with a program of listener requests, among other things. |
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We start our new Internet-only series with a (belated) Black History Month program, featuring music by black composers and songwriters from the early decades of the 20th century, including Eubie Blake, "Fats" Waller, Scott Joplin and James P. Johnson. |
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We sample some recent film score releases, including music from Shadow of the Vampire, Hannibal, The Caveman's Valentine, and The Mexican. And Amy celebrates the birthday of William H. Macy. |
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Sing a Song of Oscar (March 21) Music from four films nominated for the Best Score award: Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, and The Patriot. |
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Forward Into the Past! (March 28) A brace of new releases with a retro spin: The London Cast of Mamma Mia!, the musical based on the songs of '70s faves Abba; Liz Callaway's CD The Beat Goes On, featuring her spin on hits of the '60s and '70s; This is the Moment, the new CD by Donny Osmond, now pursuing a musical theatre career; and a new CD of Pete Rugolo's music for the TV series The Fugitive. Put on your granny glasses, turn on the lava lamp, and enjoy! |
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For no particularly good reason we celebrate sex on stage with songs from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Sweet Charity, and Les Miserables (among others) and performances by folks as disparate as Tom Lehrer, Cliff ("Ukulele Ike") Edwards, Woody Allen, and Martin Mull. |
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God's Greatest Hits (April 11) A not-necessarily-reverent look at religion on stage and screen. |
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The telephone on stage, featuring a newly remastered recording of the Jule Styne / Comden and Green classic Bells Are Ringing, starring Judy Holliday. |
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Music from two new shows on the Great White Way: Seussical and The Producers, along with a new CD of show tunes by Rosie O'Donnel's band leader, musical theatre booster, and St. Louis-area native John McDaniel. |
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Music from four new soundtrack releases: Enemy at the Gates (score by James Horner); The Cardinal - The Classic Film Scores of Jerome Moross; the first recording of John Barry's score for the 1971 cult favorite Walkabout (along with selections from some other classic Barry scores); and Bond Back in Action II (music from recent Bond films). |
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Crime and Punishment I - The Stage (May 9) Crooks, cops, and private eyes on stage, including music from Baker Street,City of Angels, Oliver, Guys and Dolls, Bells are Ringing, and many others. |
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Crime and Punishment II - The Screen (May 16) Our celebration of the nefarious continues, this time focusing on film and TV sound tracks, including: The Godfather Trilogy, The Avengers, Laura, Psycho, and classic Sherlock Holmes films. |
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New solo CDs by Guy Haines, Sally Hayes, and Lea DeLaria - and just a touch of opera. |
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Music from Tony-nominated shows:The Producers, Jane Eyre, The Full Monty, and a revival of 42nd Street. |
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We welcome our special guests Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky of the Double Helix cable TV theatre review program Two On the Aisle and play some of their musical theatre favorites. Bob also reviews for KDHX-FM (where our show is produced) and Gerry for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. |
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (June 13) A celebration of fathers and sons for Father's Day, featuring music from The Fantasticks, Aida, Mamma Mia!, Ragtime, Carousel, and many others. |
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New releases, including Kristin Chenoweth's Let Yourself Go CD and songs from the cabaret show Doris and Me by Janet Sidel. |
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A revival presentation of our first Internet show, featuring music by black composers and songwriters from the early decades of the 20th century, including Eubie Blake, "Fats" Waller, Scott Joplin, and James P. Johnson. |
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We celebrate American Independence Day with music from 1776, songs by George M. Cohan, Broadway marches, and comedy from Albert Brooks and Stan Freberg, among others. |
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It's summer movie time. We sample the soundtrack recordings from some new films, including Bride of the Wind (about Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel; doubly appropriate since Gustav Mahler's 141st birthday is on July 7th), Jurassic Park III, A.I. - Artificial Intelligence and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The latter is a science fiction adventure film in which the characters, although animated, are supposed to be so realistic that they're indisguishable from real actors (as opposed to actors who are indistinguishable from animation, of which there are quite a few...). |
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We celebrate the birthdays of two very funny guys: film maker and former comic Albert Brooks (July 17th, 1947) and composer and the "discoverer" of P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele (July 17th, 1935). |
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Classic Tracks: How Can You Be in Two Place at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All? (July 25) The first in a series of shows featuring significant albums from the world of theatre and film. This time it's a classic of avant-garde radio theatre by the Firesign Theatre, with two of their best plays: The Further Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye and the title cut. Put on your earphones and enjoy. |
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A celebration of villany, from opera to musical comedy. Boo, hiss!
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The Grand Tour, Part 1 (August 8)
Can't afford a world cruise? Join us for a virtual tour of exotic locales (well, they're not exotic if you live there, of course...) such as London, Paris, Mexico, Brazil and Buenos Aires.
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The Grand Tour, Part 2 (August 15)
Our voyage continues with Vienna, Venice, Rome and points east.
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Another in our recuring series of shows featuring music from current films. This time around: Planet of the Apes (Danny Elfman), The Others (Alejandro Amenabar), and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Stephen Warbeck).
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Welcome to the Working Week (August 29) A look at the world of work, with music from The Cradle Will Rock, Working, Most Happy Fella and others. |
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Back in the Alley (September 12) Fynsworth Alley, that is, as we sample new releases from this independent theatre music label, including the OC recordings of the recent revivals of Bells Are Ringing and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and an all-star concert performance of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. |
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Cinderella Story (September 19) Cinderella on stage, with music from two productions of the Rogers and Hammerstein version (starring Julie Andrews and Lesley Ann Warren, respectively), the 1995 cast recording of A Tale of Cinderella, and music by Rossini and Prokofiev as well. |
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Leonard Bernstein's New York (September 26) A tribute to the City That Never Sleeps (and that also knows how to deal with disaster) from one of it's greatest citizens. We'll salute the Big Apple with music from Fancy Free, On the Town, Wonderful Town, West Side Story, and On the Waterfront. |
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Crime and Punishment I - The Stage (October 3) A Revival Broadcast® that first went on line on May 9, 2001: Crooks, cops, and private eyes on stage, including music from Baker Street,City of Angels, Oliver, Guys and Dolls, Bells are Ringing, and many others. |
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Crime and Punishment II - The Screen (October 10) A Revival Broadcast® that first went on line on May 16, 2001: Our examination of the nefarious continues, this time focusing on film and TV sound tracks, including: The Godfather Trilogy, The Avengers, Laura, Psycho, and classic Sherlock Holmes films. |
Questions? Comments? Write to Chuck Lavazzi at chuck@stageleft.org or Amy Ruprecht-Belt at amy@stageleft.org. 
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