BROADWAY HOUR-Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers 1993-1996

Broadway Hour Show #140     Recorded November 30, 1995
Host: LARRY SUTTON of the New York Daily News

The 1995 revival of HELLO, DOLLY!  
Opening Date:  Oct 19, 1995                      Closing Date: Jan 28, 1996 

• CAROL CHANNING (Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi )
• LEE ROY REAMS - Director and Choreographer
• CHAUNCEY HOWELL - NYC television journalist

song: "It Only Takes A Moment" sung by Michael DeVries

• MICHAEL DE VRIES (Cornelius Hackl)
• FLORENCE LACEY (Irene Molloy)

song snippet: "Ribbons Down My Back" sung by Florence Lacey

• JOHN SALVATOR - Stage Manager for the show

Songs were from the Varèse Sarabande cast recording.
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Live taping at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, New York City
Executive Producer - Kate McGrath
Engineer, Sound Editor - Chris Breetveld

The BROADWAY HOUR  Show #38
Host: Stewart Klein - Fox-5 New York TV News - Film & Theatre Critic
Originally taped December 2, 1993 before a live audience 

•  The entire cast of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY 1994 perform live
                      Brad Oscar  / Craig Wells  /  Suzanne Blakeslee
                                           - with Brad Ellis on piano
•  4 Women Producers: 
  Heidi Landesman (Ettinger) 
  Margo Lion
  Susan Quint Gallin
  Elizabeth Williams
  
  
•  Song on tape: "Friendship" - by Ethel Merman & Bert Lahr
                                     from Du Barry Was A Lady (1939)
  
  
• Actor: Kathleen Chalfant ("Angels In America")
  
  
• Cabaret star: Steve Ross on piano sings Noel Coward

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 Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in the Lobby Court Lounge.....on scenic 7th Avenue
 Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For comments or fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gm

BROADWAY HOUR #60...... originally taped May 4, 1994

JAMIE FARR -  He is best known for playing the cross-dressing Corporal turned Sergeant Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H.  At time of this taping, he was appearing in the revival of GUYS & DOLLS.

Jazz musicians:
KENNY DAVERN - clarinet
CHUCK FOLDS - piano
JEAN PAOLO - drums
perform a couple of classy numbers

Song on tape: "I GOT LOVE" - MELBA MOORE...original cast of PURLIE

LEE WILKOF - (then appearing in SHE LOVES ME).  An American actor and veteran of the Broadway stage. He originated the roles of Samuel Byck in Assassins and Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors, later earning a Tony Award nomination for the 2000 revival of Kiss Me, Kate. Biography Early life Wilkof is from Canton, Ohio. -Wikipedia

BILLY BOESKY and SHANNON CONLEY from the off-Broadway musical "FALLEN ANGEL."

also THE BROADWAY UPDATE, TRIVIA and classic radio spots for
then-current shows and cabaret performances.


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Host: STEWART KLEIN- FOX 5 New York TV - Theatre and Film Critic
Taped live in front of an audience at the:
SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd St. and 7th Ave. New York City 

Executive Producer-KATE McGRATH
Engineer & Sound Editor-CHRIS BREETVELD

The Broadway Hour #28   with your host: STEWART KLEIN
Taped live on September 23, 1993 for WPAT-93am
 
 tonight's guests:

Actors: Anne Jackson & Eli Wallach

performing live: Debbie Shapiro Gravitte - with Pam Drews on piano

Broadway gossip with Michael Reidel



executive producer: KATE McGRATH
engineer and sound editor: CHRIS BREETVELD

This show is lovingly dedicated to the memories of Marin Mazzie (Oct 9, 1960–Sep 13, 2018) and Gary Beach (Oct 10, 1947–July 17, 2018).

                                                              Show taped June 2, 1994.
TERRY BURRELL performs with Peter Howard on piano / Terry Burrell is an actress, known for You Can't Hurry Love (1988), Eubie! (1981) and The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985)

MARIN MAZZIE (Passion) was an American actress and singer known for her work in musical theatre. Mazzie was a three-time Tony Award nominee, for her performances as Clara in Passion (1994), Mother in Ragtime (1998), and Lilli Vanessi/Katherine in Kiss Me, Kate (1999). For her work in Kiss Me, Kate, Mazzie was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Olivier Award, and she won an Outer Critics Circle Award.

GARY BEACH (Beauty & The Beast) His roles included Roger De Bris in both the stage and film productions of The Producers, which won him a Tony Award, and Lumiere in the stage musical version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.

DAVID IVES - is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is perhaps best known for his comic one-act plays; The New York Times in 1997 referred to him as the "maestro of the short form".[1] Ives has also written dramatic plays, narrative stories, and screenplays, has adapted French 17th and 18th-century classical comedies, and adapted 33 musicals for New York City's Encores! series.[2][

JANE ADAMS - (An Inspector Calls) She made her Broadway debut in the original production of I Hate Hamlet in 1991,[4] and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 1994 revival of An Inspector Calls.[5]
-all bios, Wikipedia.
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Host: STEWART KLEIN- FOX 5 New York TV - Theatre and Film Critic
Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL 

Stewart Klein hosts: "The Longest Running Broadway Show on Radio"
 -The BROADWAY HOUR.
Six live musical performances highlight this week's show,
originally taped July 8, 1993.

BETTY BUCKLEY - sings live:

• Unexpected Song (Lloyd Webber, Black)
• Memory (Lloyd Webber, Nunn, Eliot)

The cast of FOREVER PLAID - performs:
from CD:  No Not Much (James Raitt)

• Gotta Be This Or That (James Raitt)
• Crazy Bout You Baby (James Raitt)

LOUIS BOTTO, Sr. Editor PLAYBILL magazine

Cast of NUNSENSE - performs:

• Just A Coupla' Sisters (Dan Goggin)
• I Just Want To Be A Star (Dan Goggin)

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Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Avenue,
New York City in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE
. . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th ave."
Creator/Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH
Program Coordinator: LESLIE MARTELLI
Engineer & Sound Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
Director of Advertising: JACQUELINE R. MEYER
special thanks to -
Music Coordinator: JIM BREETVELD and
WEVD-AM's - BOB AUGUST 
For more info, comments, fanmail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.com

The Broadway Hour show# 130  | 
Recorded onto DAT (Digital Audio Tape) 21-Sep-1995 
featuring guests:

• Bonnie Franklin  | 
• Clint Holmes & Angelo Del Rossi  | 
• Neil Pepe & Mary McCann  | 
• George Wachtel  | 
• Aubrey Rueben  | 

Executive Producer: Kate McGrath
Engineer & Editor: Chris Breetveld 

The great, Marion McPartland live on show #29, recorded September 30, 1993, from the upcoming full-length podcast, from The Broadway Hour NYC taped at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers, NYC.  Check back soon.

Show #29  Originally taped on September 30, 1993  for WPAT-930AM Radio
at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, W53rd and 7th Avenue.

**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: STEWART KLEIN, Fox 5-TV New York, Film and Theatre Critic
... tonight's guests:

Comedian and actor Alan King (born Irwin Alan Kniberg; December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of films and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and appeared in plays. In later years he helped many philanthropic causes. -Wikipedia

Jazz pianist, Marion McPartland  performs on the Lobby Court Steinway grand. Margaret Marian McPartland OBE, was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011. After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945, she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. Wikipedia

Michael Learned is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly. Three of the wins were for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), while the other was for Nurse (1982). -Wikipedia

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Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th ave."
Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH /
Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
For more info, comments, fanmail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.com

     This show is dedicated to the memory of LISA BANES, R.I.P.

B'WAY HR #111 originally recorded May 11, 1995 for WPAT-AM
Your Host: LARRY SUTTON, of the NY Daily News

JEFF HARNAR backed by ALEX RYBECK, piano performs live.
Multiple Award-Winning New York Cabaret, Concert, and Recording Artist. "The most important male cabaret performer to emerge since Michael Feinstein.". THE NEW YORK TIMES. -jeffjarnar.com

MIMI TURQUE She is an actress, known for Law & Order (1990), The Nurses (1965) and Je suis Alice (2015)  She played and sang the role of Antonia, Don Quixote's niece, in the original 1965 Broadway stage production of "Man of La Mancha".  -iMDb

CHARLES STROUSE  Strouse has written scores for over 30 stage musicals, including 14 for Broadway. He has also composed scores for five Hollywood films, two orchestral works and an opera. He has been inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theatre Hall of Fame. He is a three–time Tony Award winner, a two–time Emmy Award winner, and his cast recordings have earned him two Grammy Awards. His song "Those Were the Days" launched over 200 episodes of All in the Family and continues to reach new generations of television audiences in syndication. With hundreds of productions licensed annually, his musicals Annie and Bye Bye Birdie are among the most popular of all time–produced by regional, amateur and school groups all over the world. -charlesstrouse.com

LISA BANES was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, as well as stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1984 for Isn't it Romantic? and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off-Broadway in Look Back in Anger.  At the time of this recording, she was appearing in the original Broadway cast as Lady Croom in ARCADIA. -Wikipedia.   Ms. Banes died following injuries she sustained in a hit and run accident after being hit by a scooter that ran a red light in Manhattan's Upper West Side on June 4, 2021 -CNN.  Ms. Banes is survived by her wife, Kathryn Kranhold.

JOHN GRIFFIN credits include: Bare [Los Angeles]World Premiere, 2000 Jason/ Arcadia Broadway ] Original Broadway Production, 1995 Augustus Coverly-Gus Coverly/ Applause [West End] London Production, 1972/ Funny Girl [West End]London Production, 1966

IRVING FIELDS performs on the Lobby Court Steinway Grand to close the show
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  Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in the Lobby Court Lounge.....on scenic 7th Avenue 
 Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For comments or fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gm

SEASONS GREETINGS from The BROADWAY HOUR NYC!!

Here, for your holiday enjoyment, is an hour of live performances from season three of our show, first broadcast for Christmas-Dec. 27, 1993.  This was the first of three seasons of live tapings from The Sheraton Hotel and Towers, 53rd St and Seventh Avenue in New York City.

Today's roster of performers:

• DOC CHEATHAM
• BETTY BUCKLEY
• "THE 4 PLAIDS" (from FOREVER PLAID)
• "SISTER BOB" (from NUNSENSE)
• MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
• THE WARREN VACHE QUARTET
• ANN HAMPTON CALLOWAY
• JONATHAN DOKUCHITZ (from The WHO'S TOMMY)
• SHERIE SCOTT  (from The WHO'S TOMMY) 
• LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO
• MARTY GROSZ & DICK MELDONIAN
• AL GREY
• MARILYN CASKY & MARK JAY McVEY (sing "Tonight")
• CRAIG CORNELIA
• BUCKY PIZZARELLI & GENE BERTONCINI
• ROSLYN KIND

how #96 originally taped January 26, 1995 for WPAT-930AM Radio
 **AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: LARRY SUTTON of the New York Daily News
           
today's guests:

From "Sam's Funky 50s Funhouse" stars:
Sam Riegel,   Danny Girard,   Jed Cohen,   Sean Dooley

The stars of Jesus Christ Superstar:
Ted Neeley (Jesus) +  Carl Anderson (Judas)

Anne Meara the incredibly gifted comedienne-actress is known for her efforts alongside husband-comedian, Jerry Stiller; together, they were 'Stiller and Meara'. They gained popularity on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). Meara went on to a variety of television roles, notably the Golden Globe-winning Sally Gallagher in Rhoda (1974), and Veronica Rooney in Archie Bunker's Place (1979). In later years, Meara played reoccurring characters in Sex and the City (1998) and The King of Queens (1998).    - IMDb: arv.0705@gmail.com 

Barbara Barrie  Barrie won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for One Potato, Two Potato (1964) .  Barrie portrayed Evelyn in Breaking Away (1979), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and later, an Emmy nomination, when she reprised the role on television. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance as Sue Berlin in Judy Berlin (1999).
- IMDb A.R. Vario; M. Wallace 

Rue McClanahan  was an American actress and comedian best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–84), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987.  Wikipedia

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  Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in the Lobby Court Lounge.....(you know   the rest of this tag.....) 
 Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For comments or fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.com

Originally taped March 17, 1994 for WPAT-930AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: STEWART KLEIN, Fox 5-TV New York, Film and Theatre Critic ... tonight's guests:

jonathan FREEMAN  Known for providing the iconic voice of Jafar in the 1992 animated film of Aladdin and originating the same role on Broadway, Jonathan Freeman is one of the most distinguished performers on the Broadway Plus roster. In his incredible 5-decade career, Jonathan has also garnered a Tony Award nomination, appeared in 10 other Broadway shows, provided voices for other Disney characters, and racked up dozens of other television and film credits.  -  BroadwayPlus

susan LEE  an innovator and an industry leader working with many theatrical producing companies and non-profit arts organizations. She introduced Camp Broadway LLC in 1995 and has since managed the brand, business and program development. In addition founder and managing member of the company, she is the Chief Marketing Officer for The Nederlander  - CampBroadway.com

gene BERTONCINI - jazz guitar great performs live for the Broadway Hour microphones. He has worked with Carmen McRae and vibraphonist Mike Mainieri and then performed in one of Buddy Rich's ensembles. Bertoncini's career has included playing with Benny Goodman, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Paul Desmond, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Vic Damone, Ethel Ennis, and Eydie Gorme.  - Wikipedia

harry HAUN  Freelance Writer,  Staff Writer for Playbill, Arts and Entertainment, U.S. As seen in: Playbill, Observer, BroadwayWorld.com, The Village Voice, Film Journal International

john JILER  - a writer of both drama and prose. He was the recipient of both the Richard Rodgers Award and the Kleban Librettists' Award  for his musical AVENUE X, which played in New York at Playwrights' Horizons and in some fifty cities around the world .

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Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
  in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
  Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH / Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
  For more info, comments or fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.com

ow #106 originally taped April 5, 1995 for WPAT-930AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Host: LARRY SUTTON of the New York Daily News 

Guests include:  

• cherryJONES  Cherry Jones is an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, she has twice won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: for the 1995 revival of The Heiress and for the 2005 original production of Doubt. Wikipedia

• meganMULLALLY She is best known for playing Karen Walker on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning twice in 2000 and 2006. Wikipedia

•  lilianeMONTEVECCHI & davidSTALLER - with joelSILVERMAN-piano
  Ms. Montevecchi started her career as a ballerina in the company of Roland Petit. She moved to Hollywood in the 1950s, where she worked as an MGM contract player. She had small roles in such films as The Glass Slipper with Michael Wilding, Daddy Long Legs with Fred Astaire, and The Sad Sack with Jerry Lewis.
  In 1958, she made her Broadway debut in the musical revue La Plume de Ma Tante. After that, she had a starring role in the Folies Bergere, appearing throughout the 1970s in a touring company.
• Mr. Staller is an American theatre director and actor. He is the founding artistic director of the Off-Broadway theatre company, Gingold Theatrical Group. Wikipedia

• gerryBECKER Gerry Becker was an American theatre, film, and television actor. He passsed away at age 70 in 2019.  Wikipedia

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Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
Tonight's Producer: BERNADETTE DUNCAN
Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH
Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
For more information, comments or fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.com

Show #94  taped January 12, 1995 for WPAT-AM 93AM Radio
 **AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

Today's guest host:  MICHAEL RIEDEL -  of the New York Daily News

Special focus of today's show: the 92nd St. Y's series, Lyrics & Lyricists, started by Maurice Levine in 1970 and hosted by him until his death in 1997. 

         today's guests -

Deborah TRANELLI- singing live.   Ms. Tranelli is best known for her recurring role in the soap opera Dallas as Phyllis, secretary to Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy).[1] She appeared in the series from 1981 to its end in 1991. Her acting career has included roles on television series from Nero Wolfe "Might as Well Be Dead" (1981) to Law & Order "Seed" (1995). She starred in and performed the song "Still Got a Love" in the 1985 movie Naked Vengeance,[1] and released a 2004 jazz album "A Lot of Livin'" which won three BackStage Bistro awards. She has more recently been performing theatre in New York City. -WIKIPEDIA

Peter HOWARD - piano and vocals.  Peterworked on two Broadway revivals of Hello, Dolly!, the 1997 revival of 1776 and the 1996 revival of Chicago, repeating the same tasks he had on the originals. He also worked on the movie versions of 1776, Annie and Stepping Out.  In later years, Mr. Howard toured with a show called Peter Howard's Broadway. He passed away in April 2008 at the age of 80. -PLAYBILL

Maurice LEVINE and Hadassah MADSON from the 92nd St Y

Sheldon HARNICK-lyricist.  He is an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof.   Harnick began his career writing words and music to comic songs in musical revues. One of these, "The Merry Minuet", was popularized by the Kingston Trio.[1][2] It is in the caustic style usually associated with Tom Lehrer and is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Lehrer.  Mr. Harnick is 97 years young at time of this writing. - WIKIPEDIA

John KANDER-composer.  American composer John Kander is the musical partner of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb, who together created at least sixteen Broadway shows, Flora the Red Menace (1965), Cabaret (1966), Chicago (1975), and Curtains (2007) among them. -WIKIPEDIA


Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH
Engineer & Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD
   For info, comments or  fan mail: nycbroadway.podcasthours@gmail.

Engineer-Chris Breetveld

Show #23 originally taped August 12, 1993 for WEVD-AM Radio
**AUDIO ONLY PRGRAM - A RADIO PRODUCTION**

 Host: STEWART KLEIN- FOX 5 New York TV - Theatre and Film Critic
       
        today's guests:

MICKEY ROONEY - the one and only!

the WARREN VACHE' QUARTET performing live jazz

DON SCARDINO - Director, Playrights Horizons

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Taped at the SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS, 53rd & 7th Ave. New York City
in THE LOBBY COURT LOUNGE . . . . . . "overlooking scenic 7th avenue"
Creator/Executive Producer: KATE McGRATH
Engineer & Sound Editor: CHRIS BREETVELD

   | From Broadway Hour show#23  | 12-Aug-1993  | Mickey Rooney  | Warren Vache Quartet*  |   | Don Scardino

complete show coming soon/

From The Broadway Hour  episode #25