BRENT BARRETT  Although decidedly a tenor, American actor and singer Brent Barrett  is known for playing slick and colorful characters in the tradition of baritones Alfred Drake and Howard Keel. His striking performances as the leading man in Grand Hotel, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Phantom of the Opera have taken him all over the English-speaking world, from New Zealand to the West End, and from Las Vegas to Broadway (-Masterworks Broadway)

*Brent performs "From This Day On" (Lerner/Lowe - from BRIGADOON) live with Christopher Denny-piano

Show #57 originally taped April 14, 1994 for WPAT-930AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: STEWART KLEIN, Fox 5-TV New York, Film and Theatre Critic

        today's guests:

JULIE WILSON (October 21, 1924 - April 5, 2015) was an American singer and actress "widely regarded as the queen of cabaret". She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1989 for her performance in Legs Diamond. (-Wikipedia)
*Performs "Storybook Lives" (Paul Katz) with Paul Katz on piano.

ALEX KORY from the League of Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids

BRENT BARRETT  Although decidedly a tenor, American actor and singer Brent Barrett  is known for playing slick and colorful characters in the tradition of baritones Alfred Drake and Howard Keel. His striking performances as the leading man in Grand Hotel, Chicago, Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Phantom of the Opera have taken him all over the English-speaking world, from New Zealand to the West End, and from Las Vegas to Broadway (-Masterworks Broadway)
*Performs "From This Day On" (Lerner/Lowe - from BRIGADOON) live with Christopher Denny-piano

VINCENT SARDI - restauranteur

CD Song: "Guys & Dolls" (Frank Loesser) 1950 performed by Stubby Kaye and Johnny Silver

FREDERICK VOGEL from the Commercial Theatre Institute (C.T.I.)

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  Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
  Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For more info, comments or fan mail: [email protected]

Show #87 originally taped November 10, 1994 for WPAT-930AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: LARRY SUTTON of the New York Daily News
       
        today's guests:
CD Song: "Who's Got The Pain?"  music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.  from DAMN YANKEES performed by GWEN VERDON

GWEN VERDON- Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon, an American actress and dancer  (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000). She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film. -Wikipedia

JEAN CLAUDE BAKER (April 18, 1943 – January 15, 2015) a French-American restaurateur ("Che Josephine") and adopted son of Josephine Baker.  

UTA HAGEN -  was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, who called her "a profoundly truthful actress". -Wikipedia
and WILLIAM CARDEN, Artistic Director, HB Playwrights Foundation

BROADWAY UPDATE

CD Song: "I'll Try" music composed by Albert Hague and lyrics by Dorothy Fields; from REDHEAD performed by GWEN VERDON & RICHARD KILEY

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  Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
  Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For more information, comments or fan mail: [email protected]

Show #49 originally taped February 21, 1994  for WPAT-AM 93AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: STEWART KLEIN - Fox 5 TV New York - Movie & Theatre Critic
     
        today's guests in order of appearance-

WARREN VACHE' TRIO - Warren Vaché is a jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and flugelhornist born in Rahway, New Jersey. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976 he released his first album. He has often worked with Scott Hamilton and has some popularity among swing audiences. -Wikipedia
performing with:
Janice Friedman-piano / Joe Puma-guitar/ Murray Wall-bass/ Warren Vache'-cornet
"I Want To Be Happy"  lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans - 1925 from NO NO NANETTE
and "Get Happy" written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler-1950 for SUMMER STOCK

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL - "Valentin" in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Brian Stokes Mitchell is an American actor and singer. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theatre since the 1990s. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in Kiss Me, Kate. -Wikipedia

Broadway Update

CD song:  "Plank Song" from PETER PAN sung by Boris Karloff 
℗ 1951 Sony Music Entertainment Composer: Leonard Bernstein  Producer: Lewis Shayon

FRANK RICH is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist, who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011. He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO. -Wikipedia
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  Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
  Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For more info, comments or fan mail: [email protected]

Hear the composer himself (at age 89) perform at the piano with Mr. Pannaro joining on vocals.

 MICHAEL MAROTTA  with Lani Myers "Everyone Wants To Be Astaire" 
 (Francesca Blumental)  from LIFE IS NOT LIKE THE MOVIES

Executive Producer-Kate McGrath
Engineer-Chris Breetveld