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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→

TMoTM: S05E02 — We Dance!

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Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day May 16th at 2pm SLT/Pacific -

Wel­come to The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal – on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio – where we explore the blend­ing of music and dra­ma fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore of the musi­cal the­ater with host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er.

Last sea­son we explored fairy tales on the musi­cal the­atre stage. In that episode we passed over one notable pro­duc­tion: “Once on this Island.”  Inspired in part by Hans Chris­t­ian Andersen’s “The Lit­tle Mer­maid” and based on Rosa Guy’s nov­el “My Love, My Love,” this unique one-act musi­cal by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Fla­her­ty is a Calyp­so-fla­vored fairy tale explor­ing themes of love, prej­u­dice, and hope. Be ready to dance!

TMoTM: S05E01 — Musical Questions

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SATURDAY April 18th at 2pm SLT/Pacific - Wel­come to Sea­son 5 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal - where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries, and lore of the musi­cal the­atre.

What kind of fool am I? Why would a fel­la want a girl like her? What do the sim­ple folk do?

These are all exam­ples of songs in the inter­rog­a­tive case al la musi­cal the­ater. Join Cale­do­nia as she kicks off the newest sea­son of our pop­u­lar orig­i­nal series, The Mag­ic of the Musi­cal with “Musi­cal Ques­tions.”

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TMoTM: S04E02: “Once Upon a Time” Fairytales on Broadway

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Wel­come to The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal –on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio – where we explore the blend­ing of music and dra­ma fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore that make up the musi­cal the­ater canon.

As Sec­ond Life’s 22nd birth­day came to a close, “The Mag­ic of the Musi­cal” cel­e­brat­ed this year’s theme of “Myths and Leg­ends” with an explo­ration of folk­tales and fairy­tales on the musi­cal the­ater stage. Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er presents. Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day, 19th July, live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B

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Explore videos of some of the shows and songs fea­tured in this episode.

Rodgers & Ham­mer­stein’s Cin­derel­la (1957, Kinescope) — Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher, Edie Adams

Once Upon a Mat­tress “Shy”  (1959, Car­ol Bur­nett)

Once Upon a Mat­tress “Shy” (1972, Car­ol Bur­nett)

Into the Woods “Agony” (Motion Pic­ture) – Chris Pine, Bil­ly Mag­nussen

Into the Woods “Finale” (1991 Orig­i­nal Broad­way Pro­duc­tion)

Wicked “Defy­ing Grav­i­ty” (Orig­i­nal Broad­way Pro­duc­tion Tony Award per­for­mance) Idi­na Men­zel & Kristin Chenoweth

TMoTM: S04E01 – And the Award Goes to … !

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Wel­come to Sea­son 4 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries and lore of the musi­cal the­atre.

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This episode, broad­cast live at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time on Sat­ur­day, June 21st, is our annu­al look at the biggest awards events in the New York and Lon­don the­ater sea­sons: The Olivi­er Awards bestowed in April, and the Dra­ma Desk and Antoinette Per­ry (“Tony”) Awards bestowed in June. The win­ners are in, and we take a look at the nom­i­nees and win­ners in the cat­e­gories of new musi­cal and musi­cal revival.

Cale­do­nia presents the show live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B.

TMoTM S04E01 Use­ful Links:

The Olivi­er Awards

Best Revival of a Musi­cal

Fid­dler On The Roof — WINNER

music by Jer­ry Bock, lyrics by Shel­don Har­nick, book by Joseph Stein

Regen­t’s Park Open Air The­atre

YouTube Trail­er

Best New Musi­cal

The Curi­ous Case Of Ben­jamin But­ton ‑WINNER

music & lyrics by Dar­ren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Comp­ton

Ambas­sadors The­atre

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The Dra­ma Desk Awards

Best Revival of a Musi­cal

Gyp­sy — WINNER

Best New Musi­cal

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

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The Antoinette Per­ry Awards (Tony)

Best Musi­cal

Bue­na Vista Social Club

Dead Out­law

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

Oper­a­tion Mince­meat: A New Musi­cal

The Magic of The Musical: Celebrating Summer

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THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, August 19th @2pm Pacific/slt. This Month: “CELEBRATING SUMMER”!

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August’s episode will be LIVE from the Gar­dens at beau­ti­ful Angel Manor, and on-the-air: join the audi­ence in-world!

Also on the air today: tune in at 12 noon or 4pm for the lat­est edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” where we Jour­ney to the Cen­tre of Sec­ond Life. 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*!
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The Magic of The Musical: Saturday, July 15th Live!

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THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, July 15 @2pm slt. This Month: The Unsink­able Music Man: Mered­ith Will­son

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July’s episode will be LIVE from the Gar­dens at beau­ti­ful Angel Manor, and on-the-air, at 2pm SLT — join the audi­ence in-world!

Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s orig­i­nal series “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal” con­tin­ues this Sat­ur­day, July 15th, at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time, live from its home in Angel Manor — and this episode comes from the beau­ti­ful Gar­dens on the estate — click to go there!

Also on the air today: tune in at 12 noon or 4pm for the lat­est, spe­cial SL20B edi­tion of “Where Have You Been?” where we sug­gest loca­tions and strate­gies to get the best out of your vis­its to the Sec­ond Life 20th Birth­day regions. Plus “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton, every four hours from 4am. Fea­tured Music will, of course, be “On Broad­way!”.

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The Magic of the Musical: Saturday, June 17th Live!

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@2pm slt THE MAGIC OF THE MUSICAL — Sat­ur­day, June 17

June’s episode will be LIVE from Angel Manor and on-the-air, at 2pm SLT — join the audi­ence in-world!

Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio’s orig­i­nal series “The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal” con­tin­ues this Sat­ur­day, June 17th, at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time, live from its home in the Gold Hall at the ele­gant Angel Manor Estate

This Month: Tony Retro Count­down Part 2 with Guest Mor­rie Enders 

Cale­do­nia wel­comes back guest Mor­rie Enders for anoth­er look at the con­tests for Best Musi­cal from the Tony Awards of years past; dis­cussing which shows have stood the test of time, and which make us tilt our heads and puz­zle.

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The Magic of The Musical: Series 2 Episode 1 now on Mixcloud

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MUSICAL THEATER FANS:  Our sec­ond sea­son of month­ly shows, live from Angel Manor, began on April 15… but if you missed it, here’s your chance to catch up: Lis­ten again on Mix­cloud!

THIS EPISODE:
“Musi­cals with­in Musi­cals”

Every­thing is “meta” these days, but just a few cul­tur­al rev­o­lu­tions ago a young and devel­op­ing Amer­i­can musi­cal the­ater dis­cov­ered the val­ue of self-ref­er­en­tial sto­ry­telling. This episode looks at musi­cals which “break the fourth wall” by acknowl­edg­ing the audi­ence — and even include their own musi­cals!

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