WFMU: Acid Jazz Hands with Bronwyn Bishop: Playlist from August 25, 2023

Listener comments!
	🎭 6:59pm TonyR: Ah!! We shall have our Bishop this evening after all!
	7:03pm doctorjazz: Hi Bronwyn and Acid Heads!
	7:03pm Bronwyn Bishop: lol yes no worries, i am here!
	7:04pm Webhamster Henry: We like those big Broadway Finishes!
	7:08pm Webhamster Henry: Keep score at home: www.broadwayworld.com...
	7:10pm Webhamster Henry: Some plays have songs in them, like The House of Blue Leaves has "Where is the Devil in Evelyn?"
	🎭 7:11pm TonyR: OMG, we had to listen to Richard Burton's Hamlet on vinyl in high school.
	7:14pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ TonyR @7:11 I have a whole lot of Shakespeare on disk!
	7:16pm dale: saw this in 92 or so. wife worked for a tour company and they got free tix a lot. i even had to suffer once through alan alda in 'art.'
	7:18pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "How Did I End Up Here" by "Alison Fraser" I saw this show with the original cast I think, and remember nothing about it at all.
	7:21pm dale: saw 'titanic' too. that was a stinker - the big special effect for the ship sinking didn't work so they had like a 5-foot-long model sink. audience really snickered.
	7:24pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Hi Bronwyn! This is hilarious! Thank you.
	7:26pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "The Phantom of the Musical" by "Kevin Ligon" Maybe you can do a show with originals and Forbidden Broadway / Schmigadoon responses.
	7:27pm dale: ↳ Song: "Safe Sex Slut" by "Ten Percent Revue Cast" was this off off broadway?
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:26 gr8 idea!! I have been trying to think of more theme ideas
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ dale @7:27 just off
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Sweet Corn Lizzie @7:24 haha glad you liked it!! i love old school forbidden broadway
	🎭 7:35pm WR: I'm here I'm here.
	7:39pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Bronwyn Bishop @7:33 I'm just trying to squeeze more Schmicago into this show.
	7:50pm Bob Barth: Good evening Bronwyn.... aw ROMANCE/ROMANCE holds a very special place in my heart.
	🎭 7:50pm TonyR: Carrie as a Greek tragedy is interesting, actually.
	7:52pm Bob Barth: The off-broadway production was pretty good.
	🎭 7:52pm TonyR: Barbara Cook?!
	7:53pm dale: had a crush on betty buckley when she was on eight is enough. why she'd marry dick van patten is beyond me.
	🎭 7:54pm TonyR: Low volume for "carrie"?
	7:54pm Bronwyn Bishop: better?
	🎭 7:55pm TonyR: Yes. I thought maybe the cast was just embarrassed.
	🎭 7:56pm TonyR: I love that someone bothered to bootleg this one.
	7:57pm dale: gotta duck out. love your enthusiasm for the hits AND the stinkers. thanks!
	8:01pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ TonyR @7:50 There is a kind of "On The Bandwagon's Oedipus Rex"-ishness about that concept.
	8:04pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ TonyR @7:56 im so glad they did!!!
	8:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Now Let the Weeping Cease" by "Original Cast of T... This is great! (the singer has a bit of Sam Cooke in his style...)
	8:08pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @8:07 (Cooke startted as a gospel singer, of course...)
	8:10pm Bronwyn Bishop: I love the gospel at colonus
	8:10pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Anthem" by "David Carroll" Chess is fantastic! Totally under rated...
	8:10pm Bronwyn Bishop: I love chess
	8:16pm Bob Barth: Something that must be addressed is that whether a production is a success on broadway has much more to do with how the show was financed and what their marketing budget is/was. It's the reason why these shows shutter so early in NYC is there is no grants or government funds that can keep ticket prices down like they have in the West End and most of Europe.... where these shows flourish and run for years!
	8:21pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Bob Barth @8:16 "Not Since Carrie" is full of the unique ways that shows fail.
	8:22pm Rich in Washington: Greetings, Bronwyn! Diggin' the show this evening!
	8:27pm Bob Barth: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:21 I know, it's a fun book. It just drives me nuts because with the stakes being so insanely high in NYC i've seen and been a part of fantastic productions that producers make terrible decisions based on fear that tank otherwise good to great shows. It deffinatly soured me to that aspect of business. But I love the art form. I miss it & it'll always break my heart.
	8:27pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Bacharach Medley" by "Suds Syracuse Cast" Bootleg recorcing? Sounds like it, distant.
	8:30pm doctorjazz: Tix are $150+ these days, but that's so unusual, other entertainment has caught up (concert tix can be as much or more, ever check prices for a football game?) The demand has to be really high to sustain the pricing (Taylor Swift pulled in off, but I'd guess it's tough).
	8:36pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @8:30 *That's not unusual, shudda read...
	8:37pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Rich in Washington @8:22 hi rich!!! :D
	8:37pm Bob Barth: ↳ doctorjazz @8:30 If you can justify the cost then I guess by all means go for it? But when you are buying a ticket to a new show you are taking a chance on it. Those ticket prices should reflect that gamble. Simialarly to the way a new act sells $20-$40 tickets. Then when they become megastars I guess charge as much as you want. But it SHOULD be a slidding scale. Wicked is a smash charge $200, but you should not expect people, especially the young people that are necessary to keep the industry alive to shell out that much money on a new work. It's just bad business.
	8:38pm Bronwyn Bishop: This is why I love lotteries, it's how I was Wicked for $30 (to name just one example)
	8:40pm Bob Barth: ↳ Bronwyn Bishop @8:38 Totally - I get it. But thats how much it should be for everyone on a new show. I promise you'll see shows grow and flourish in surprising ways.
	8:43pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Angel Band" by "McCarter Theater Players" McCarter was absolutely one of my favorite theatres to work at. Great complex and amazing staff. Plus a beautiful town at Christmas time.
	8:56pm doctorjazz: Enjoyed the show, thanks, Bronwyn. Great weekend all!
	8:57pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Bronwyn!
	8:58pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the 1988edness!
	8:58pm Rich in Washington: hey, folks, I'll be spinnin' songs n' such next door right after this show on The Radio Is Broken: wfmu.org...
	8:59pm Bob Barth: Great show Bronwyn. Apologies for my tirades all. It's clearly a passion & you all know how those can be!! Have a great weekend!
	9:00pm Bronwyn Bishop: i love the tirades!!!
	🎭 9:00pm WR: Thank you! Bronwyn! Great recordings, greatly enjoyed!
	9:00pm Bronwyn Bishop: and thank you all for listening darlings!!!

Acid Jazz Hands with Bronwyn Bishop: Playlist from August 25, 2023

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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

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August 25, 2023: 1988: A Year Broadway Would Rather Forget

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Alison Fraser	How Did I End Up Here	Romance Romance (Original Broadway Cast)	Jay Productions Ltd.	1988	Music: Keith Herrmann Lyrics: Barry Harman	0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman	The Phantom of the Opera	The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast)	The Really Useful Group Ltd.	1987	Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe & Mike Batt	0:17:33 (Pop-up)
Kevin Ligon	The Phantom of the Musical	Forbidden Broadway Volume 2	DRG Records	1991	Music & Lyrics: Gerard Alessandrini	0:20:08 (Pop-up)
Ten Percent Revue Cast	Safe Sex Slut	Ten Percent Revue	Above Ground Music	2008	Music & Lyrics: Tom Wilson Weinberg	0:24:26 (Pop-up)
Malcolm Gets	Shoes "Shoes" by "Malcolm Gets"	Lucky Stiff (The York Theatre Production)	Jay Productions Ltd.	2004	Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens	0:27:03 (Pop-up)
Jennifer Gambatese	Think of Meryl Streep	Fame - The Musical	DRG Records	1999	Music: Steve Margoshes Lyrics: Jacques Levy	0:31:01 (Pop-up)
Michael Rupert	A Blank Piece of Paper	Mail (Live Recording)	No Label	1988	Music: Michael Rupert Lyrics: Jerry Colker	0:35:12 (Pop-up)

Betty Buckley	And Eve Was Weak "And Eve Was Weak" by "Betty Buckley"	Carrie the Musical (bootleg)	No Label	1988	Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford	0:55:04 (Pop-up)
John Tobias, Louise English & Ray Strachan	London Is London	Sherlock Holmes (Original London Cast)	BMG	1989	Music & Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse	0:56:59 (Pop-up)
Sarafina! Original Stage Show Cast	Isizwe	Sarafina! (Original Stage Show Recording)	Gallo Record Company	1992	Music & Lyrics: Mbongeni Ngema & Hugh Masekela	1:00:35 (Pop-up)
Original Cast of The Gospel at Colonus	Now Let the Weeping Cease	The Gospel at Colonus (Original Cast Recording)	Nonesuch	1988	Music: Bob Telson Lyrics: Lee Breuer	1:05:06 (Pop-up)
David Carroll	Anthem "Anthem" by "David Carroll"	Chess (Broadway Recording)	RCA Victor	1988	Music: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Lyrics: Tim Rice & Bjorn Ulvaeus	1:08:02 (Pop-up)

Karen Curlee	I'm Sorry "I'm Sorry" by "Karen Curlee"	The Taffetas (Original Off Broadway Cast)	TER	1995	Music & Lyrics: Dub Allbritten & Ronnie Self	1:21:30 (Pop-up)
Suds Syracuse Cast	Bacharach Medley	Suds (Live Recording)	No Label	2013	Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David	1:23:27 (Pop-up)
McCarter Theater Players	Angel Band	Smoke on the Mountain: Songs from the New York Hit Musical	Daywind	1998	Music: William Bradbury Lyrics: Jefferson Hascall	1:26:47 (Pop-up)
Blues in the Night Original London Cast	Blues in the Night	Blues in the Night - Original London Cast Recording	First Night Records	1996	Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Johnny Mercer	1:29:08 (Pop-up)
Duke Ellington	Hey, Buddy Bolden, Pt. 2	A Drum Is a Woman	Columbia Records	1956	Music & Lyrics: Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn	1:33:41 (Pop-up)

Liliane Montevecchi	Folies Bergeres	On the Boulevard (Original Cast Recording)	Jay Productions Ltd.	1998	Music & Lyrics: Maury Yeston	1:45:17 (Pop-up)
Kaye Ballard	When? "When?" by "Kaye Ballard"	Working 42nd Street at Last! (Live Recording)	No Label	1988	Music & Lyrics: Unknown	1:48:42 (Pop-up)
Linda Ronstadt	Hay Unos Ojos "Hay Unos Ojos" by "Linda Ronstadt"	Canciones de Mi Padre (Live Recording)	No Label	1989	Music & Lyrics: Ruben Fuentes	1:50:54 (Pop-up)
Georgian State Dance Company	Kartuli	Live Performance	No Label	Unknown	Music: Unknown	1:53:18 (Pop-up)

Peter Allen, Randall Edwards & Legs Diamond Ensemble	Now You See Me Now You Don't	Legs Diamond (Original Broadway Cast Recording)	Sony Music Entertainment	1989	Music & Lyrics: Peter Allen	1:59:24 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	🎭 6:59pm TonyR: Ah!! We shall have our Bishop this evening after all!
	7:03pm doctorjazz: Hi Bronwyn and Acid Heads!
	7:03pm Bronwyn Bishop: lol yes no worries, i am here!
	7:04pm Webhamster Henry: We like those big Broadway Finishes!
	7:08pm Webhamster Henry: Keep score at home: www.broadwayworld.com...
	7:10pm Webhamster Henry: Some plays have songs in them, like The House of Blue Leaves has "Where is the Devil in Evelyn?"
	🎭 7:11pm TonyR: OMG, we had to listen to Richard Burton's Hamlet on vinyl in high school.
	7:14pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ TonyR @7:11 I have a whole lot of Shakespeare on disk!
	7:16pm dale: saw this in 92 or so. wife worked for a tour company and they got free tix a lot. i even had to suffer once through alan alda in 'art.'
	7:18pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "How Did I End Up Here" by "Alison Fraser" I saw this show with the original cast I think, and remember nothing about it at all.
	7:21pm dale: saw 'titanic' too. that was a stinker - the big special effect for the ship sinking didn't work so they had like a 5-foot-long model sink. audience really snickered.
	7:24pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Hi Bronwyn! This is hilarious! Thank you.
	7:26pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "The Phantom of the Musical" by "Kevin Ligon" Maybe you can do a show with originals and Forbidden Broadway / Schmigadoon responses.
	7:27pm dale: ↳ Song: "Safe Sex Slut" by "Ten Percent Revue Cast" was this off off broadway?
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:26 gr8 idea!! I have been trying to think of more theme ideas
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ dale @7:27 just off
	7:33pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Sweet Corn Lizzie @7:24 haha glad you liked it!! i love old school forbidden broadway
	🎭 7:35pm WR: I'm here I'm here.
	7:39pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Bronwyn Bishop @7:33 I'm just trying to squeeze more Schmicago into this show.
	7:50pm Bob Barth: Good evening Bronwyn.... aw ROMANCE/ROMANCE holds a very special place in my heart.
	🎭 7:50pm TonyR: Carrie as a Greek tragedy is interesting, actually.
	7:52pm Bob Barth: The off-broadway production was pretty good.
	🎭 7:52pm TonyR: Barbara Cook?!
	7:53pm dale: had a crush on betty buckley when she was on eight is enough. why she'd marry dick van patten is beyond me.
	🎭 7:54pm TonyR: Low volume for "carrie"?
	7:54pm Bronwyn Bishop: better?
	🎭 7:55pm TonyR: Yes. I thought maybe the cast was just embarrassed.
	🎭 7:56pm TonyR: I love that someone bothered to bootleg this one.
	7:57pm dale: gotta duck out. love your enthusiasm for the hits AND the stinkers. thanks!
	8:01pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ TonyR @7:50 There is a kind of "On The Bandwagon's Oedipus Rex"-ishness about that concept.
	8:04pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ TonyR @7:56 im so glad they did!!!
	8:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Now Let the Weeping Cease" by "Original Cast of T... This is great! (the singer has a bit of Sam Cooke in his style...)
	8:08pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @8:07 (Cooke startted as a gospel singer, of course...)
	8:10pm Bronwyn Bishop: I love the gospel at colonus
	8:10pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Anthem" by "David Carroll" Chess is fantastic! Totally under rated...
	8:10pm Bronwyn Bishop: I love chess
	8:16pm Bob Barth: Something that must be addressed is that whether a production is a success on broadway has much more to do with how the show was financed and what their marketing budget is/was. It's the reason why these shows shutter so early in NYC is there is no grants or government funds that can keep ticket prices down like they have in the West End and most of Europe.... where these shows flourish and run for years!
	8:21pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Bob Barth @8:16 "Not Since Carrie" is full of the unique ways that shows fail.
	8:22pm Rich in Washington: Greetings, Bronwyn! Diggin' the show this evening!
	8:27pm Bob Barth: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:21 I know, it's a fun book. It just drives me nuts because with the stakes being so insanely high in NYC i've seen and been a part of fantastic productions that producers make terrible decisions based on fear that tank otherwise good to great shows. It deffinatly soured me to that aspect of business. But I love the art form. I miss it & it'll always break my heart.
	8:27pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Bacharach Medley" by "Suds Syracuse Cast" Bootleg recorcing? Sounds like it, distant.
	8:30pm doctorjazz: Tix are $150+ these days, but that's so unusual, other entertainment has caught up (concert tix can be as much or more, ever check prices for a football game?) The demand has to be really high to sustain the pricing (Taylor Swift pulled in off, but I'd guess it's tough).
	8:36pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @8:30 *That's not unusual, shudda read...
	8:37pm Bronwyn Bishop: ↳ Rich in Washington @8:22 hi rich!!! :D
	8:37pm Bob Barth: ↳ doctorjazz @8:30 If you can justify the cost then I guess by all means go for it? But when you are buying a ticket to a new show you are taking a chance on it. Those ticket prices should reflect that gamble. Simialarly to the way a new act sells $20-$40 tickets. Then when they become megastars I guess charge as much as you want. But it SHOULD be a slidding scale. Wicked is a smash charge $200, but you should not expect people, especially the young people that are necessary to keep the industry alive to shell out that much money on a new work. It's just bad business.
	8:38pm Bronwyn Bishop: This is why I love lotteries, it's how I was Wicked for $30 (to name just one example)
	8:40pm Bob Barth: ↳ Bronwyn Bishop @8:38 Totally - I get it. But thats how much it should be for everyone on a new show. I promise you'll see shows grow and flourish in surprising ways.
	8:43pm Bob Barth: ↳ Song: "Angel Band" by "McCarter Theater Players" McCarter was absolutely one of my favorite theatres to work at. Great complex and amazing staff. Plus a beautiful town at Christmas time.
	8:56pm doctorjazz: Enjoyed the show, thanks, Bronwyn. Great weekend all!
	8:57pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Bronwyn!
	8:58pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the 1988edness!
	8:58pm Rich in Washington: hey, folks, I'll be spinnin' songs n' such next door right after this show on The Radio Is Broken: wfmu.org...
	8:59pm Bob Barth: Great show Bronwyn. Apologies for my tirades all. It's clearly a passion & you all know how those can be!! Have a great weekend!
	9:00pm Bronwyn Bishop: i love the tirades!!!
	🎭 9:00pm WR: Thank you! Bronwyn! Great recordings, greatly enjoyed!
	9:00pm Bronwyn Bishop: and thank you all for listening darlings!!!

Acid Jazz Hands with Bronwyn Bishop: Playlist from August 25, 2023

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