| Available | Show Title & Description | Code |
| 3/5 | “Big Adventures!” Whether they are trying to conquer the city or steal a giant’s gold in the woods, we’ll be hearing from characters who have a lot on their plates. |
FP12:10 |
| 3/12 | “Almost Stars” Performances by 11 first-rate Broadway singers who almost – but not quite – became household names, from Barbara Harris to Tony Roberts. |
FP12:11 |
| 3/19 | “First Impressions” Those first crucial minutes of a musical known as the opening number. |
FP12:12 |
| 3/26 | “Right off the Streets” Thirteen musicals ranging from “This Is the Army” to “Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk” that caught something in the air at the moment it was happening. |
FP12:13 |
| 4/2 | “Laundry Lists” Some of Broadway’s classic lists songs, including Porter’s “You’re the Top” and Rodgers and Hart’s “The Lady Is a Tramp.” |
FP12:14 |
| 4/9 | “Green-up Time!” If you’re getting your garden ready for summer, here’s a bushel of vegetables, fruits and flowers to inspire you. |
FP12:15 |
| 4/16 | “1945 on Stage and Screen” The best of the year including Broadway’s “Carousel” and Hollywood’s “State Fair” – both by Rodgers and Hammerstein. |
FP12:16 |
| 4/23 | “Curiouser and Curiouser” Selections we guarantee you won’t hear anywhere else including a disco “Sweeney Todd” and Jack Nicholson singing! |
FP12:17 |
| 4/30 | “Let Me Show You!” Sixteen terrific songwriters play and sing their songs in demonstration recordings that include “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Luck Be a Lady” and “I Love Paris.” |
FP12:18 |
| 5/7 | “1971 on Stage and Screen” The best of the year including Sondheim’s “Follies,” the trend-setting revival of “No, No, Nanette” and the Webber-Rice “Jesus Christ Superstar.” |
FP12:19 |
| 5/14 | “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Songs about that age-old blessing and curse: Money! |
FP12:20 |
| 5/21 | “From the Heart” An hour in the company of 21 performers whose passion didn’t just carry across the footlights; it registers on recordings. |
FP12:21 |
| 5/28 | “1955 on Stage and Screen” A year in which anything could happen – from musicals about baseball, the Amish and the Russians to appearances by such unlikely singers of showtunes as Marlon Brando and Helen Traubel. |
FP12:22 |
| 6/4 | “There’s a Place for Us: Utopias in Song” The questions are: What would your ideal world look like – and how would you feel if you found it? |
FP12:23 |
| 6/11 | “Spotlight on ‘Oklahoma!’” Selections from seven different recordings of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 classic, plus firsthand testimony from the masters themselves. |
FP12:24 |
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