FRONT ROW CENTRE weekly radio show

Toronto radio station to carry weekly Broadway program:

 

FRONT ROW

CENTRE

Starting November 12, FRONT ROW CENTRE will be heard each Sunday night at 7 on FOXY 88.5.  The program will be produced and hosted by Theatre reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence.

Each week, Mark Andrew will take you to the best seats in the house for a full presentation from Overture to Finale of one of Broadway's biggest hits.You'll hear the story and major songs from each show, as well as fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes. A weekly intermission feature will present news of upcoming openings and closings as well as backstage interviews with the performers and creators who put the glitter and glamour in the world of musical theatre.

Featured musicals will be chosen to highlight shows playing in Toronto and the surrounding area, new and current Broadway and off-Broadway scores, and major theatrical anniversaries and birthdays. The program schedule for November, December and January will be as follows:

November 12: MY FAIR LADY  (1956 original Broadway cast recording) - to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary this year. In the fall of 1956 the original cast recording was the #1 best-selling album in North America.

November 19: 42ND STREET (1980 original Broadway cast recording) – to preview the production at Mississauga's Meadowvale Theatre that opens on Nov 24. Then Curtain Call players will present the show at the Fairview Library Theatre in Toronto starting December 7.

November 26: SHE LOVES ME (1963 original Broadway cast recording) - being presented at Theatre Sheridan starting on November 28.

December 3: CANDIDE (1956 original Broadway cast recording) - The show celebrates its 50th anniversary on December 1. It is on stage this week in the studio theatre at Sheridan College, and on December 26 the Toronto Operetta Theatre will open their production. 

December 10: I REMEMBER MAMA (1985 studio recording)  - being staged by Toronto's Civic Light Opera Company from December 21 to January 6.

December 17: WHITE CHRISTMAS (2006 original cast recording) - a new recording of a stage version of the classic movie musical

December 24: Mark Andrew will be hosting a special Christmas program from 6pm until midnight but in the FRONT ROW CENTRE time slot he will feature selections from SAVE THE CHILDREN - a 1988 collections of carols and songs performed by the casts of then-current Broadway shows, as well as selected Christmas songs from Broadway musicals.

December 31: (Pre-empted due to New Years Eve special)

January 7:  FINIAN'S RAINBOW  (1947 original Broadway cast recording) - to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its Broadway premiere: January 10, 1947.

January 14: CALL ME MADAM (the original 1950 Broadway cast recording…that never was!) - January 16 marks 99th anniversary of the birth of the biggest Broadway star ever: Miss Ethel Merman. This new CD release combines selections from both her Decca studio cast album and the original Broadway cast recording where Dinah Shore substituted in the role of Sally Adams.

January 21: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (2006 original Broadway cast recording)   - One of Broadway's current hits. The show began in Toronto seven years ago and offers a lively spoof of 1920s musical comedies like NO NO NANETTE.

January 28: NO NO NANETTE (1971 original Broadway revival cast recording)  - celebrating the anniversary of the opening of the wildly successful 1971 production.

Starting in 2007 the program (with a slightly different line-up) will also be heard on FOXY's sister station THE JEWEL 98.5 in Ottawa.

To inquire about advertising on FRONT ROW CENTRE contact Don Currie at: don@foxy885.com

For more information please contact Mark Andrew Lawrence at: frontrowcentre@hotmail.com

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