"Radio Playbill"’s guest for the week of Nov. 18-23 is Stephen Flaherty, composer of some of the best beloved musicals -- with some of the most often played cast albums -- of the last decade. With lyricist Lynn Ahrens he wrote Ragtime, Once on This Island and Seussical. He visits the Playbill studio to talk about their latest, A Man of No Importance, now playing at Lincoln Center, and about their raft of upcoming projects for 2003. Flaherty also plays a song from Man of No Importance, which doesn’t yet have a cast album – a "Radio Playbill: exclusive.
Also on this week’s show you’ll hear music from Album of the Week. Betty Buckley’s new solo CD, "The Doorway."
"Radio Playbill," a weekly news and entertainment magazine show of theatrical interviews, features and music, is broadcast 12 times weekly on Sirius Satellite Radio's A&E Channel, 154.
The 30-minute weekly show debuts each Monday, with rebroadcasts throughout the following week. Here is the schedule (all times are Eastern Time): Monday 5 AM. Tuesday midnight, 11 AM, 6 PM. Thursday 1 AM, 6 AM, 1 PM and 11 PM. Saturday 5 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM and 11 PM.
All the excitement and glamour of the American theatre scene comes across in this, the first radio project from the creators of Broadway's distinctive programs, and Playbill On-Line, the home of theatre on the internet. The program reflects Playbill's unique access and knowledge of the world of Broadway, broadcasting from Sirius' midtown Manhattan studios overlooking Times Square. And don't miss Playbill's theatre news headlines, being broadcast throughout the day, seven days a week on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Broadway's Best," Channel 67. This link now takes you directly to the page that lets you listen to the music channel and the news. Click the "listen now" icon.
Host for both the news and the magazine show is Robert Viagas, founding editor of Playbill On-Line and Theatre.com, author of several books on theatre, including "On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line" and "The Amazing Story of The Fantasticks," and editor of Louis Botto’s updated book "At This Theatre."
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—Robert Viagas
