Classic Musicals From The Golden Age of Radio

Can you hear that? It’s the “Silver Bells” ringing in the distance to let you know that the WPMT premiere of “The Lemon Drop Kid,” starring Bob Hope, is now live! Broadcast December 10, 1951 on The Lux Radio Theatre with music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and screenplay by Edmund Hartmann, Robert O'Brien and Frank Tashlin. Based on a story by Damon Runyon, "The Lemon Drop Kid" stars Bob Hope as "Sidney Milburn/The Lemon Drop Kid," Marilyn Maxwell as "Brainey Baxter," and William Conrad as "Moose Moran."

Edited by David Robbins

New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CDT

Today WPMT Presents: "Holiday Inn." Broadcast November 19, 1948 on The Railroad Hour with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and screenplay by Claude Binyon. Starring George Murphy, Martha Tilton and Gordon MacRae with Jerome Cowan, this American musical classic is the perfect start to the holiday season!

Today's WPMT includes a conversation with host Michael Weber and special guests Christopher Chase Carter and James Earl Jones II.

Edited by Remington Cleve

New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CDT

Today WPMT Presents: "Maytime." Music by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics and book by Rida Johnson Young. Starring Jeanette MacDonald as "Marcia Mornay/Miss Morrison," Nelson Eddy as "Paul Allison" and Edgar Barrier as"Nicolai Nazaroff."

The beautiful Ottilie, daughter of a wealthy colonel loves Dick, the foreman's son, but is forced by her family to marry her own wastrel cousin. Dick goes off, makes good but returns to find his beloved unattainable and, on impulse, marries another girl. Many years pass; both are now single again. Dick saves Ottilie from bankruptcy by purchasing her home before she can be evicted. Still more time passes an the couple's grandchildren meet and finally find the happiness together that eluded their grandparents.

Edited by Remington Cleve

New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CDT

Today WPMT Presents: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Allegro," the rarely revived "concept musical" presented on Broadway in 1947 following Carousel (1945) and before South Pacific (1949) concerning the story of one person's life from birth. Starring Jane Powell as "Emily," John Lund as "Joseph Taylor Jr." and (from the original Broadway cast) Roberta Jonay as "Jennie Brinker" with Narrator Kenny Delmar.

Featuring a conversation with special guest Anika Chapin, artistic associate and resident dramaturg at Goodspeed Musicals!

Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio. New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CT.

Edited by Remington Cleve

Today WPMT Presents: "The Student Prince" with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. Based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play Old Heidelberg, "The Student Prince" stars Dorothy Kirsten as "Kathie," Kenny Baker as "Prince Karl Franz," Hans Conried as "Lutz," Bobby Driscoll as "Young Prince" and Gordon MacRae as "Dr. Engel."

Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio. New episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CT.

Edited By Remington Cleve

Today WPMT Presents: "Gong My Way" with music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke, and screenplay by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett. Starring Bing Crosby as "Father Chuck O'Malley" and Barry Fitzgerald as "Father Fitzgibbon," with host George Murphy. Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today WPMT Presents: "The Phantom of the Opera" with music by Edward Ward adapted by music of Tchaikovsky and Chopin and screenplay by Eric Taylor and Samuel Hoffenstein. Starring Basil Rathbone as "Erique Claudin/The Phantom Of The Opera," Susanna Foster as "Christine DuBois," and Nelson Eddy as "Anatole Garron." Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today WPMT Presents: "Lady, Be Good!" with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Starring Groucho Marx as "J. Watterson "Watty" Watkins" and Gordon MacRae as "Dick Trevor." Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today WPMT Presents: "This Is the Army," with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by James McColl and Irving Berlin. Starring a 200 all-soldier cast! Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today WPMT Presents: "A Connecticut Yankee," with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and Book by Herbert Fields. Starring Ginny Simms as "Alice Carter" and Gordon MacRae as "Martin Barrett." Listen to an unforgettable hour of Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio.