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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

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Favoriting April 12, 2024: Why are there so many songs about murder?

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Rebecca Naomi Jones, John Ellison Conlee & Karen Olivo  Murder Ballad   Favoriting Murder Ballad: A New Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording)  Yellow Sound Label  2013  Music: Juliana Nash Lyrics: Julia Jordan & Juliana Nash 
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Shawn Elliott  All You Have to Do Is Wait   Favoriting City of Angels (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  Sony Music Entertainment Inc.  1989  Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: David Zippel 
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Sean McCourt, Kaitlin Hopkins & Kerry Butler  Comfort And Joy   Favoriting Bat Boy: The Musical (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)  BMG Entertainment  2001  Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe 
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Anthony Stewart Head  Legal Assassin   Favoriting Repo! The Genetic Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Lionsgate  2008  Music & Lyrics: Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich 
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Matt Smith, Ben Aldridge & Charlie Anson  I Am Back   Favoriting American Psycho (Original London Cast Recording)  Concord Music Group, Inc  2016  Music & Lyrics: Duncan Sheik 
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Ryan McCartan, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Jon Eidson & Evan Todd  Our Love Is God   Favoriting Heathers: The Musical (World Premiere Cast Recording)  Yellow Sound Label  2014  Music & Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe & Kevin Murphy 
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Nancy Opel, John Deyle & Hunter Foster  Why Did I Listen to That Man?   Favoriting Urinetown The Musical  BMG Entertainment  2001  Music: Mark Hollmann Lyrics: Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis 
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The Original Broadway Cast of Curtains  He Did It   Favoriting Curtains Original Broadway Cast Recording  The Blue Note Label Group  2007  Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb 
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Jeff Blumenkrantz & Brett Ryback  It Was Her   Favoriting Murder for Two (Original Cast Recording)  Ghostlight Records  2014  Music: Joe Kinosian Lyrics: Kellen Blair 
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Susie Blake  Suspicious   Favoriting Something's Afoot (World Premiere Studio Cast)  Jay Productions Ltd.  2020  Music: James McDonald, David Vos, Robert Gerlach & Ed Linderman Lyrics: James McDonald, David Vos & Robert Gerlach 
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Dorothy Shay, The Park Avenue Hillbilly  Say That We're Sweethearts Again   Favoriting The Park Avenue Hillbillie Sings  Columbia  1948  Music & Lyrics: Earl K. Brent 
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Martin Connor & Tricia George  Poisoning Pigeons in the Park   Favoriting Tomfoolery (Original London Cast)  Jay Productions Ltd.  2006  Music & Lyrics: Tom Lehrer 
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Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays & Catherine Walker  Poison in My Pocket   Favoriting A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  Ghostlight Records  2014  Music: Steven Lutvak Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak 
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Ron Taylor  Suppertime   Favoriting Little Shop of Horrors (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)  The David Geffen Company  1982  Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman 
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Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman & Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast  Wandering Child/Bravo, Monsieur   Favoriting The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast)  The Really Useful Group Ltd.  1986  Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart & Richard Stile 
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Cleo Laine  Murderer's Confession (Princess Puffer)   Favoriting The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  The Verve Music Group  1986  Music & Lyrics: Rupert Holmes 
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Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise & Sarah Rice  Johanna   Favoriting Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  BMG Music  1979  Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim 
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Jeremy Jordan & Laura Osnes  This World Will Remember Us   Favoriting Bonnie & Clyde (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  Broadway Records  2012  Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Don Black 
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Assassins Original Cast  Everybody's Got The Right   Favoriting Assassins - Original Cast Recording  Masterworks Broadway  1990  Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim 
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Lynnette Perry, Steven Sutcliffe & Conrad McLaren  The Crime of the Century   Favoriting Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  BMG Entertainment  1998  Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens 
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Rufus Bonds, Jr., Herndon Lackey & J.B. Adams  That's What He Said   Favoriting Parade (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  BMG Entertainment  1999  Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown 
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Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton  The World Was Wide Enough   Favoriting Hamilton  Atlantic  2015  Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda 
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Stephen Dolginoff & Doug Kreeger  Superior   Favoriting Drama Desk Awards performance  No Label  2006  Music & Lyrics: Stephen Dolginoff 
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Original Broadway Cast of Chicago  Cell Block Tango   Favoriting Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  Arista Records  1975  Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb 
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Listener comments!

  🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
WR:

Murder and love are probably head to head in the song count.

Hello Bronwyn and folks,
Avatar 🎭 7:02pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ WR @7:00
"I Murdered For Love" is my favorite song.
Avatar 7:03pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

hello WR and Gregory!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
doctorjazz:

Hey Bronwyn and Streamers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hello dahlinks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
arlo:

sorry i forgot to hype the show! was a little scrambled up at the end... have a good AJH!... (which is also my initials... and my show's are yours. what?!)
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
TonyR:

Always with the murder ballads! What, no murder foxtrots?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

Got NPH in Assassins?
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Dan S:

You're killing me, Bronwyn! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
doctorjazz:

I'm sure you'll KILL IT, BB!
  7:07pm
Listener Gregory:

@TonyR, murder waltzes are the best.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
TonyR:

Yayyyyy! Murder show!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

Jury Duty, The Musical! Buy & Bust!
  7:08pm
Listener Gregory:

People who write musicals get away with murder.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

Read this classic by me! www.echonyc.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Rich in Washington:

You never need to have an excuse to play murder songs. You're among friends here.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Dan S:

I was on a murder case jury fresh out of college. My early 20s. In Brooklyn. It was...a surreal experience.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Webhamster Henry:

City of Angels' Randy Graff was in A... My Name is Alice << show I invested in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
arlo:

↳ Rich in Washington @7:09
but that was a very entertaining disclaimer
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
TonyR:

The "Law & Order:CI" episode with Patti Smith cameo had a plot about multiple murders going on while trying to get a play mounted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Webhamster Henry:

This Jesus must die.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
TonyR:

He is Daaaaangerous.
Avatar 🎭 7:20pm
Listener Gregory:

A boy like that, he kill your brother.
Forget that boy and sing a ballad!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "I Am Back" by "Matt Smith, Ben Aldridge & Charlie...
Will this become the Donald Trump presidential campaign song for 2024? It would only need a little tweaking of the lyrics.
Avatar 7:32pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ arlo @7:06
no worries!!!! wow that is crazy about our initials haha
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Dan S:

Murder Most Foul.
  7:45pm
Listener Gregory:

Is there a play called The Scottish Musical? (Prudence forbids me from naming it more specifically.)
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Dan S:

Murder is a heinous act, but it has given rise to some very good music.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Dan S:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:45
In keeping with tonight's theme, let's call it MacMurder.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Say That We're Sweethearts Again" by "Dorothy Sha...
I have this record!
Avatar 🎭 7:49pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Dan S @7:49
Excellent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Webhamster Henry:

Got Nancy Walker's To Keep My Love Alive? www.youtube.com...
Avatar 🎭 7:50pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:49
MacMurder: A Musical Most Foul
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Say That We're Sweethearts Again" by "Dorothy Sha...
We needed a little downshifting from the other frenetic numbers. Thanks!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Dan S:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:50
Yes! You nailed it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by "Martin Connor ...
The Irish Ballad has lots more murders! Prof. Lehrer just had his 96th birthday.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by "Martin Connor ...
A classic Tom Lehrer composition.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Rich in Washington:

Tom Lehrer recently had a birthday.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Dan S:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:52
Wow! I didn't know he was still around.
  7:56pm
Listener Gregory:

Poisoning pigeons may be murder, but it’s not homicide.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Dan S @7:54
He was a year ahead of my mother in high school, where he was forced to go because Harvard wouldn't let him skip high school.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Dan S:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:56
Suppose it was crows. You could murder a murder of crows.
  🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by "Martin Connor ...
I am on board with the poisoning the pigeons movement but instead of strychnine, bio-chemical sterilization is the modern option.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Dan S:

Bronwyn, if you start a petition to be allowed to perform "Poisoning Pigeons" at the next Hoof & Mouth, I'll sign it!
  8:02pm
Listener Gregory:

All the musicals Bronwyn saw at 19 were about murder? Hmmmm
  8:05pm
?:

↳ Song: "Say That We're Sweethearts Again" by "Dorothy Sha...
Harley Quinn did an iconic version of this one in Batman the Animated Series
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Dan S:

↳ WR @7:58
Yes, I've heard that NYC wants to do that to reduce its rat population. Pizza Rat, your family line ends with you! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

FEED ME, SEYMOUR!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Dan S:

Bronwyn, if there are any murders in your new musical, don't tell anyone. Let it be a surprise. Don't even tell the actors, except for the murderer. He needs to know. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Johanna" by "Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Lou...
www.legacy.com...
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Dan S:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:52
I just got what you meant with that reference to "The Irish Ballad." I remember the song as "rickety tickety tin."
Avatar 8:19pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Webhamster Henry @8:18
oh no! I didn't realize she had passed, she had a beautiful voice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Dan S @8:18
I sang that with Brian Dewan in our little show of cautionary songs, poems, and tales, and cheery tunes about gruesome murders.
Avatar 8:20pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Dan S @8:11
lol no murder- there is a tragic death though. but my next musical is all about murder!!!!
Avatar 8:20pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:02
everyone had murder on the brain in 2013 apparently!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Johanna" by "Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Lou...
I love that Victor Garber was part of the "Arrowverse", which had a number of good singers in its cast (and occasional musical numbers mixed in with the superheroics).
Avatar 8:22pm
northguineahills:

Bronwyn, amigos!

/well, i had the hedfons on too loud... ouch...
Avatar 🎭 8:27pm
Listener Gregory:

Sold out opening night! Woohoo!
Avatar 8:29pm
northguineahills:

i've only been threatened w/ murder (counts fingers), 7 times, i must be doing something correct.

/needs to write a musical, apparently,,,,,
Avatar 8:30pm
northguineahills:

(six muggings, one w/ a gun, a crazy date that threatened my life if I didn't give her money, and she was from serious money)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Everybody's Got The Right" by "Assassins Original...
Another show full of ..... MURDER!
Avatar 8:37pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

Sondheim <3s murder
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Dan S:

↳ northguineahills @8:30
Wow! If not a musical, at least a memoir.
Avatar 8:43pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ northguineahills @8:30
I'm so sorry to hear about all that ngh...maybe I should write a musical about you!
Avatar 8:44pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:27
sold out ONLY night!!!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Dan S:

Nothing from "Chicago" yet, Bronwyn. "Cell Block Tango" too obvious to play? Or saving it for a big ending?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Webhamster Henry:

And no "Good Enough To Eat"?
-- signed,
Schmicago obessive
Avatar 🎭 8:46pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Bronwyn Bishop @8:44
So your entire run is a sell-out! That’s incredible.
Avatar 🎭 8:49pm
Listener Gregory:

Is killing someone in a duel legally murder? Asking for a friend.
Avatar 8:51pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Dan S @8:45
I love when you guys predict stuff correctly lol
Avatar 8:51pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:49
well, the other characters in Hamilton seemed to think it was
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:53pm
Dan S:

↳ Bronwyn Bishop @8:51
Now if I could just predict the winning Powerball numbers. :)
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Dan S:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:49
I've heard they crossed the Hudson into NJ because dueling was clearly illegal under NY law, but NJ law was more ambiguous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Rich in Washington:

Hey, folks! I'll be breaking your radio and continue breaking it until Midnight at The Radio Is Broken!
wfmu.org...
Avatar 🎭 8:58pm
Listener Gregory:

Haters gotta hate, and musical writers gotta murder. It’s just the way of this sad world.
Thanks for a very entertaining show, Ms B!
Avatar 🎭 8:59pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Dan S @8:55
When you read about duels in fiction (mostly British), the winner often just left the country for a couple of years until people got over it.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Dan S:

A bloody good show tonight, BB!
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