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The Magic of The Musical: Leading Men of Broadway

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Wel­come to October’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre.

Lis­ten in at 2pm slt/pacific on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 17th for the newest episode as she begins a new sub-series fea­tur­ing the bright lights of the Broad­way stage — those lumi­nous per­form­ers who’ve left their leg­endary marks on musi­cal the­atre in Amer­i­ca.

Today, she focus­es in on the Lead­ing Men of the “Gold­en Age” when musi­cal the­atre was com­ing in to its own from its roots in vaude­ville and operetta, includ­ing Alfred Drake, John Raitt, Richard Kiley, Yul Bryn­ner and more!

Join us on-the-air or at Sean­chai Library’s Ceil­u­radh Glen for today’s broad­cast.

The Magic of The Musical S05E04: “All About Eliza”

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Wel­come to July’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre. Tune in at 2pm slt/pacific on Sat­ur­day, July 18th for this month’s episode: “All About Eliza” — an episode that has been in var­i­ous stages of plan­ning for sev­er­al years.

Alan J. Lern­er and Fred­er­ick Loewe’s My Fair Lady opened on March 15, 1956 at The Mark Hellinger The­atre on Broad­way. The show rep­re­sents not just the pin­na­cle of the artists’ work, but paid homage to the “clas­sics” of the 20thC musi­cal stage that came before it in the same breath as it pre­saged the changes that were on the way for musi­cals, and cul­ture in gen­er­al.

Cale­do­nia is joined by first world col­league, direc­tor and chore­o­g­ra­ph­er Chris Nar­dine, to dis­cuss the show: its pro­duc­tion boons and chal­lenges, and why it remains a rel­e­vant piece of musi­cal lit­er­a­ture whose cen­tral issues can still be debat­ed and inter­pret­ed, even today.Con­tin­ue read­ing→

The Magic of The Musical: You’re the Top! — More Timeless Tunes from Cole Porter

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THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 21st @2pm Pacific/slt. This Month: “You’re the Top! — More Time­less Tunes from Cole Porter”

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Catch this LIVE show at main.vcradio.org, or “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio” on your smart speak­er*!
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Also on the air today: the lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?” airs at 12 noon or 4pm SLT.  Plus “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am. Fea­tured Music today will, of course, be “On Broad­way!”

This Month: You’re the Top! — More Time­less Tunes from Cole Porter

Last sea­son we explored Mr. Porter’s life and works for the stage. You can only play so many songs in one hour, and we left many great Porter Broad­way songs un-played. There can nev­er be too much Cole Porter! Bring on the music!
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The Magic of The Musical S03E04: The Best of the Big Apple

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Our LIVE orig­i­nal series,The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, con­tin­ues today — Sat­ur­day, August 17th at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time.  Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores songs, sto­ries and lore from  the world of musi­cal the­atre.

Tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio here on the web site — from where you can also down­load our mobile app — plug this URL into a net­work play­er: http://main.vcradio.org — or ask your smart speak­er to “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio!”

Also today on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, enjoy our fea­tured music On Broad­way, and the lat­est edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific. And don’t miss The Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am SLT/Pacific.

This Month:  The Best of the Big Apple

Who knew? There are over 200 Broad­way musi­cals that are about, or set in New York City — The Big Apple. Seems like there’s noth­ing Broad­way likes as well as that “tod­dlin’ town” where it makes its home. From “42nd Street,” to “West Side Sto­ry”, Cale­do­nia shares a selec­tion of music from the shows that cel­e­brate NYC.

The Magic of The Musical S03E03: Reflections of America

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Our orig­i­nal series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, con­tin­ues today — Sat­ur­day, July 20th @ 2pm SLT/Pacific Time.  Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores songs, sto­ries and lore from  the world of musi­cal the­atre.

Missed the live show? Lis­ten again here on Mix­cloud.

Join our live audi­ence at Ceiluiradh Glen on Sat­ur­day at 2pm SLT — slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/196/131/21 or tune in to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio on the web site, plug this URL into a net­work play­er: http://main.vcradio.org — or ask your smart speak­er to “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio!”

Also today on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, enjoy our fea­tured music On Broad­way, the lat­est edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” with the final broad­casts of our “Live from SL21B” episodes in Sec­ond Life, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific. And don’t miss The Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am SLT.

This Month:  Reflec­tions of Amer­i­ca

U.S. Pol­i­tics are del­i­cate mat­ters to dis­cuss, espe­cial­ly in a year like 2024. Look­ing back, Cale­do­nia exam­ines four award-win­ning musi­cals and how they reflect the issues and self-iden­ti­ty of Amer­i­can cul­ture con­tem­po­rary to when they debuted. What does Amer­i­ca think of itself and how does that change from the 1930s through today? Fea­tur­ing the award-win­ning pro­duc­tions Of Thee I Sing, Fiorel­lo!, 1776, and Hamil­ton.Con­tin­ue read­ing→

The Magic of The Musical: Another Openin’ Another Show!

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THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 18th @2pm Pacific/slt. This Month: “Anoth­er Openin’, Anoth­er Show — Cole Porter”

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For this mon­th’s episode we return to the Gold Hall at the ele­gant Angel Manor Estate. Join our live audi­ence in #Sec­ondLife or on-the-air!

Also on the air today: tune in at 12 noon or 4pm SLT for the lat­est edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?”  Plus “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am. Fea­tured Music today will, of course, be “On Broad­way!”

TUNE IN  at main.vcradio.org, or “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio” on your smart speak­er*!
(*If this does­n’t work first time, say “Enable Skill” and when asked what skill to enable, say “Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio”)

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The Magic of The Musical: “Three by Lerner & Loewe”

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THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 16th 2023. This Month: “Three by Lern­er & Loewe”

THIS SHOW IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MIXCLOUD

For this mon­th’s episode we return to the Gold Hall at the ele­gant Angel Manor Estate. Join our live audi­ence in Sec­ond Life or on-the-air!

Also on the air today: tune in at 12 noon or 4pm SLT for an edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?”. Plus “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am. Fea­tured Music today will, of course, be “On Broad­way!”.

TUNE IN  at main.vcradio.org, or “Play Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio” on your smart speak­er*!
(*If this does­n’t work first time, say “Enable Skill” and when asked what skill to enable, say “Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio”)

Con­tin­ue read­ing→