[tos] Women, Hunter Parrish and a Leslie Bricusse Tribute Featured on Playbill Radio Sept. 9-16

By Jil Simon
September 5, 2008

In addition to round-the-clock show tunes and Broadway news at the top of each hour, Playbill Radio offers the following special programming.

The schedule for the week of Sept. 9-16 follows.

Center Stage
Sept. 9: Special guests are Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff, who tell what it's been like to finally play their meta-musical [title of show] on Broadway.

This week's "Center Stage" debuts at 7 PM ET Tuesday, with repeats scheduled for (all times ET) 2 AM Wednesday, Sept. 10; 11 PM Wednesday, Sept. 10; 2 PM Thursday, Sept. 11; 11 AM Saturday, Sept. 13; and 4 PM Sunday, Sept. 14.

Edited versions of the "Center Stage" programs are available as podcasts.

Playbill Presents
Sept. 10: Playbill Radio goes backstage at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre to meet the new leads of Broadway's Spring Awakening, Hunter Parrish (Melchior) and Gerard Canonico (Moritz).

This week's "Playbill Presents" debuts at 7 PM (ET) Wednesday, with repeats scheduled for (all times ET) 2 AM Thursday, Sept. 11; 11 PM Thursday, Sept. 11; 2 PM Friday Sept. 12; 4 PM Saturday, Sept. 13; and 11 AM Sunday, Sept. 14.

Edited versions of the "Playbill Presents" programs are available as podcasts.

Composer Spotlight
Sept. 11: A tour through the career of songwriter Leslie Bricusse, composer of Stop the World—I Want to Get Off, The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd, Doctor Doolittle, and lyricist of Jekyll & Hyde and Victor/Victoria.

Each week's "Composer Spotlight" show debuts at 7 PM (ET) Thursday, with repeats scheduled for (all times ET) 2 AM Friday, Sept. 12; 11 PM Friday, Sept. 12; 8 PM Sunday, Sept. 14; and 2 PM Monday, Sept. 15.

"Theater Talk" on Playbill Radio
Sept. 13: Interview with Bartlett Sher, director of the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific,. Plus: encore of 1999 celebration of "South Pacific's 50th Anniversary," with Don Fellows and Ted Chapin. Features clips from both the 1949 and 2008 productions.

Each week's "Theater Talk" show debuts at 7 PM (ET) Saturday, with repeats scheduled for (all times ET) 11 PM Monday, Sept. 15; and 2 PM Tuesday, Sept. 16.

This weekend's programming features Rent Farewell at 11 AM Saturday, Sept. 6 and 4 PM Sunday, Sept. 7; Jason Robert Brown at 4 PM Saturday, Sept. 6 and 11 AM Sunday, Sept. 7; a Frank Loesser Tribute at 8 PM Sunday, Sept. 7 and 2 PM Monday, Sept. 8; and "Theater Talk" at 7 PM Saturday, Sept. 6, 11 PM Monday, Sept. 8 and 2 PM Tuesday, Sept. 9.