"Radio Playbill," a news and entertainment magazine show of theatrical interviews, features and music, is broadcast multiple times each week on Sirius Satellite Radio's Our Time, Stream 131.

Robert Viagas hosts the show, aided by engineers Todd Stack and Ray Romano, and announcer Simona Berman.

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Past "Radio Playbill" Shows

Sept. 13, 2004 - Show 130
In the final weeks of this election season, award-winning director Tina Landau is staging the Gershwin Brothers’ spoof of presidential elections, Of Thee I Sing, and she’s here with me today to talk about how amazingly little has changed in the 75 years since it was written. Then, I’ll play you music from my CD of the Week, The Little Prince, the little-known final score from the team that produced My Fair Lady and Camelot.

Sept. 6, 2004 - Show 129
After a busy summer, Broadway is starting a new season of plays, musicals and revivals. A major political thriller, a musical by the Monty Python troupe, revivals of classics by Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman and Cy Coleman, and brand-new score by the composer of The Full Monty – all this lies ahead in the 2004-05 Broadway season, which has already seen the openings of The Frogs and Dracula, and shifts into full gear this month. I’ve got dates, stars and songs--some of them exclusive previews--for you

Aug. 30, 2004 - Show 128
Have you ever heard of a musical called A Stoop on Orchard Street? You haven’t? Well don’t be surprised, the little Off-Broadway wonder recently celebrated its first anniversary and is about to embark on a national tour – all under the radar of the major theatre press. I’ve got the creator and the original cast album with me in the studio today, and you’ll hear the story of the little musical that could. – especially with older Jewish audiences.

Aug. 23, 2004 - Show 127
I’m highlighting two fascinating new CDs this week, one from Broadway’s recent past, and one from the future. Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins won this year’s Tony Award for Best Revival, but closed quickly. I’ll play you some cuts that may offer clues about both. I’ll also play some numbers from the import CD Jerry Springer: The Opera, which is a sold-out hit in London, and coming to Broadway in fall 2005. Like Jerry’s show, it’s bizarre but strangely fascinating.

Aug. 16, 2004 - Show 126
Is there life after death? And can you still fall in love? I’ve got two new shows for you today that attempt to answer those big questions -- through in very different ways. First, A Fine and Private Place, a musical that staged a reunion fifteen years after the fact to make an original cast album of this cult musical. Then, a preview of songs from the new Broadway musical, Dracula, by the composer of Jekyll & Hyde.

Aug. 9, 2004 - Show 125
Now in his late 80s, Death of a Salesman author Arthur Miller is back on Broadway with a revival of his 1964 drama After the Fall. Co-star Jessica Hecht is with me today to tell what it’s like to work with him on his very personal story of love, infidelity and guilt. CD of the Week features Carollee Carmello and Mario Cantone in a long-overdue recording of the historic 1930 musical Fine and Dandy, billed as one of the first complete Broadway scores composed by a woman

Aug. 2, 2004 - Show 124
I’ve got two showbiz icons for you this week. Mickey Rooney may be 83, but he’s apparently not afraid to try something new. He’s making his Off-Broadway debut this month in a musical autobiography appropriately called Let’s Put on a Show! He’ll tell us about this latest twist in an eight-decade career. Then we’ll hear from another pro on CD of the Week, Barbara Cook’s Broadway.

July 25, 2004 - Repeat of Show 96

July 19, 2004 - Show 122
This week we’re backstage at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, talking to the surprisingly informal actor Brad Oscar as he gets ready to take the stage in the role of Max Bialystock, the role originated by Nathan Lane in The Producers. I’ll also play songs from my CD of the Week, the new Cole Porter collection "It’s De-Lovely."

July 12, 2004 - Show 121
With Contact, Crazy for You and The Producers under her belt, Susan Stroman is back on Broadway with what may turn out to be the plum collaboration of the year: She’s working with Stephen Sondheim and Nathan Lane on an expanded Broadway version of the musical The Frogs. She told me what it felt like to get calls from Sondheim in the middle of the night to play a new song, and I’ll share that interview with you. I’ll also play songs from my CD of the Week, the newly released Broadway cast album of Taboo.

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