Sunday 16 January 2011

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS..THE TOP TEN BOX-OFFICE BROADWAY MUSICALS NOW!

THE TOP TEN BROADWAY BOX OFFICE MUSICALS.....

1....SPIDERMAN(THE DARK SIDE) Not available yet.
2....WICKED.....Popular....Idina Menzel,Kristin Chenoweth.
3....THE LION KING......cast....The morning report.
4....IN THE HEIGHTS.....cast....Breathe.
5....JERSEY BOYS........Cast.....Who loves you.
6....THE ADAMS FAMILY......Bebe Neuwirth...Just around the corner.
7....BILLY ELLIOT......Liam Mower,Brad Kavanagh...Expressing yourself.
8....MEMPHIS.....Montego Glover....Love will stand when all else fails.
9....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA......Cast.....Masquerade.
10..MAMMA MIA......Cast.....Slipping through my fingers.


MUSICALS BROADWAY AND THE WEST END 1910-1919.

Still no real plots in Musicals which were still Operettas and revues introducing some of the greatest song writers of all time. Fanny Brice and Al Jolson were the real stars of the era introducing many hit songs which still are fondly remembered today.

MADAME SHERRY.....1910 (No tracks available)
THE ARCADIANS.....1910(No tracks available) 800 performances in London.
THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS.....When you're in love...Lynne Kenington. 1,325 Performances.
THE PINK LADY.....1910...(Nta)
Lily of Laguna......Eugene Straton.....1911.
Any old Iron.......Harry Champion....1911.
My old Dutch...Albert Chevalier.....1911.
Berlington Bertie from Bow....Ella Shields...1918.

THE GIRL FROM UTAH...1914....They didn't beleive me...Jane Morgan..album..SHOWSTOPPERS.
VERY GOOD EDDIE.....1915...341Performances.
OH BOY.....1917....463 performances.
WATCH YOUR STEP (Vernon and Irene castle) ....A pretty girl is like a melody / Say it with music.....Jane Morgan....album....SHOWSTOPPERS.

FOLLIES 1911-1919

Somebody loves me....Julie London....album...JULIE.
Life is like a bowl of cherries....Doris Day....album..THE LOVE ALBUM.
Second hand rose......Barbara Striesand......VARIOUS.
My Man....Peggy Lee....album...RIDIN' HIGH
By the light of the silvery moon....Al Jolson.

SINBAD ...1918..388 performances. Rock a bye your baby with a dixie melody....Al Jolson.
IRENE......1918......Alice Blue Gown....Debbie Reynolds from the 1978 revival.

NEXT WEEK CELEBRATING THE HIT SONGS AND MUSICALS OF THE TWENTIES. JOIN ME NEXT SUNDAY 22ND JANUARY 2-4PM ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE,

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