| Available | Show Title & Description | Code |
| 4/1 | “Petula Clark’s Musicals” A conversation with the great pop singer, whose resume of stage and screen musicals is impressive: “Sunset Boulevard,” “Finian’s Rainbow,” “Blood Brothers” and more. |
FP13:14 |
| 4/8 | “1981 on Stage and Screen” From Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” plus the film “Pennies From Heaven” and more. |
FP13:15 |
| 4/15 | “Spotlight on Tammy Grimes” A visit with the unsinkable Tony Award-winning star of “42nd Street,” “High Spirits” and, of course, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” |
FP13:16 |
| 4/22 | “1964 on Stage and Screen” One year’s line-up doesn’t get any stronger than this: “Fiddler,” “Dolly” and “Funny Girl” for starters, plus Hollywood’s “My Fair Lady” and “Mary Poppins.” |
FP13:17 |
| 4/29 | “Americana Musicals” In this hour, the heartland is given its due in musicals ranging from “Oklahoma!” to “Meet Me in St. Louis.” |
FP13:18 |
| 5/6 | “A Tribute to George Abbott” The legendary Broadway showman’s 82-year career will never be surpassed, and Bill Rudman interviewed him a month before his 100th birthday. |
FP13:19 |
| 5/13 | “1958 on Stage and Screen”
Not only “Flower Drum Song” on stage and “Gigi” on screen, but Tony Randall on Broadway, Gwen Verdon in Hollywood and Cole Porter’s only musical for TV.
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FP13:20 |
| 5/20 | “American History: Broadway Style” Take your seat for an American history class, which means selections from “1776,” of course, along with some other big chapters in our country’s book. |
FP13:21 |
| 5/27 | “Rare Rodgers and Hammersteins” The lesser-known R&H musicals can be just as enticing as the big hits. We’ll show you how and why in this hour including selections from “Allegro,” “Me and Juliet” and “Pipe Dream.” |
FP13:22 |
| 6/3 | “Spotlight on Tommy Tune” (Part 1) He may be 74, but he’s the eternal Broadway Baby, and in the first of a two-part visit, he talks about performing on stage and screen. |
FP13:23 |
| 6/10 | “Spotlight on Tommy Tune” (Part 2) This time he’ll talk about the shows he has directed and/or choreographed including “Grand Hotel,” “Nine,” “The Will Rogers Follies” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” |
FP13:24 |
| 6/17 | “Spotlight on ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Complete Broadway Musicals” A tour of the 12-CD boxed set recently released by Masterworks Broadway; our guest is Ted Chapin, president of R&H. |
FP13:25 |
| 6/24 | “The ‘Footlight Parade’ 30th Birthday Bash” We mark a big anniversary with excerpts from favorite interviews over the years, including visits with performers Barbara Cook and Mandy Patinkin, and songwriters Jule Styne, Burton Lane and Hugh Martin. |
FP13:26 |
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