Classic Musicals From The Golden Age of Radio

“Wunderbar!” Today’s WPMT premiere: “Kiss Me Kate” is now available FREE on YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and all major podcast platforms! Don't miss the 1949 broadcast with so many magical Cole Porter songs including “Another Op'nin', Another Show,” “So in Love” and Wunderbar!” Book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.

Featuring a conversation with special guest Johanna McKenzie Miller, Jeff Award-nominated actor, and director of the upcoming "Kiss Me, Kate" at The Marriott Theatre

Edited by Remington Cleve

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“HEY, Fancy Pants!” It’s time for the WPMT premiere of, well, “Fancy Pants!” Tune in to hear Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, from the 1950 film, reprise their roles! The broadcast features hit songs “Hey, Fancy Pants” and “Home Cookin'” and is available now FREE on YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and all major podcast platforms!

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It’s time for the first WPMT premiere of February! Join us for “Sally” starring Dinah Shore, Gordon MacRae and (from the original 1920 Broadway cast) Leon Errol with Paul Frees and Joe Kearns, as first heard on "The Railroad Hour," December 13, 1948! The broadcast, featuring hit songs “Look for the Silver Lining,” “Dear Little Girl,” “Wild Rose” and more, is available now for listening on Facebook, YouTube, Spotify and all major podcast platforms! Happy listening!

Edited by Remington Cleve

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Grab the family for some classic Disney fun because the WPMT premiere of The Lux Radio Theatre December 26, 1938 broadcast of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is now available for listening on Youtube, Spotify, Facebook and all major podcast platforms! This version stars Thelma Hubbard with (from the 1937 film) Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert, Moroni Olsen, Stuart Buchanan and features a special guest appearance from the man himself, Walt Disney!

Edited by Remington Cleve

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Who’s ready for an adventure WPMT style? You are? Good, because it's the premiere of “Around the World (in 80 Days)!" Join the original Broadway stars Orson Welles, Mary Healy and Arthur Margetson as they travel the earth performing Cole Porter songs “Look What I Found,” “There He Goes,” “Mr. Phileas Fogg,” “Should I Tell You I Love You?” and more!

Oh and stay for the bonus content from the fabulous Ray Kelly, owner and administrator of Wellesnet.com, widely regarded as the leading online source of information about the life, career and work of Orson Welles. Happy listening on Facebook, Youtube, Spotify or any major podcast platforms!

Edited by Remington Cleve

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The WPMT premiere of “Casbah,” starring Tony Martin and Märta Torén (from the 1948 film) with Herbert Butterfield and Laurene Tuttle! Featuring the songs “Every Man There's a Woman,” “Hooray for Love” and “It Was Written in the Stars.”

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Today we debut WPMT "Alexander's Ragtime Band!" Featuring Irving Berlin's unforgettable melodies "Now It Can Be Told," "Blue Skies," "Remember," and more as recorded for the 1940 Lux Radio Theatre program! Screenplay by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti, starring Alice Faye (from the 1938 film), Ray Milland and Robert Preston.

Edited by Remington Cleve

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The WPMT premiere of “On Your Toes” is now live starring Marion Bell as "Frankie Frayne," Gordon MacRae as "Phil 'Junior' Dolan III" and Fritz Feld as "Sergei Alexandrovitch" featuring “`There's a Small Hotel,” “It's Got to Be Love” and “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.” Original broadcast on the November 17, 1952 episode of "The Railroad Hour," "On Your Toes" features the hit songs "There's a Small Hotel," "It's Got to Be Love," "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" and more!

Edited by David Robbins

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Who’s ready to meet “Meet Porchlight in St. Louis?!” The WPMT premiere of “Meet Me in St. Louis” as heard on December 2, 1946, on The Lux Radio Theatre is now live with a special interview between Michael Weber and Angela Ingersoll! Starring Judy Garland as "Esther Smith," Margaret O'Brien as "Tootie Smith," Tom Drake as "John Truitt" and Gale Gordon as " Alonzo Smith," the performance features popular songs “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “The Trolley Song” and “The Boy Next Door.”

Edited by David Robbins

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WPMT proudly presents "Babes In Toyland” – broadcast December 24, 1949 on The Chicago Theatre of the Air with music by Victor Herbert and book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough. Starring Mary Francis Desmond, Jonathan Holt, John Barclay, Butler Manville, Sondra Gair, Elmira Ressler, Everett Clark and Colonel Robert McCormick and featuring the classic holiday songs: "Toyland," "I Can't Do the Sum," "March of the Toys" and more!

Edited by David Robbins

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