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The John Wilson Orchestra performs West Side Story (BBC Proms, 2018)

00:58:00 Proms Plus interval feature. Katie Molleson in conversation with David Benedict and Sophie Redfern. 01:18:45 Petroc Trelawney in conversation with Mikaela Bennett and Ross Lekites. 01:20:50 My Fair Lady and West Side Story as twin peaks;as pinnacle of American old-fashioned operetta, and as “the great American musical theatre work written in the vernacular, and …

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Gypsy – Live from the Savoy Theatre

[rtoc]frozen between 01:33:54 (middle of You Gotta Get a Gimmick) and 01:46:30 (take this to the conductor – and remember, you’re going to be a star), missing ‘Small World’ reprise. ‘Let me entertain you’ and ‘Rose’s Turn’ therefore out of time placement.[/rtoc]

The Madwoman of Central Park West

A one woman show for Phullis Newman, including songs by Peter Allen, Jerry Bock, Martin Charnin, John Clifton, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Fred Ebb, Jack Feldman, Sheldon Harnick, Ed Keban, Barry Manilow, Joe Raposo, Mary Rodgers, Carol Bayer Sager, Stephen Sondheim, Bruce Sussman and Leonard Bernstein.