B'WAY HR 94 host-michaelRIEDEL/ sheldonHARNICK/ johnKANDER/ dTRANELLI +pHOWARD

BROADWAY HOUR-Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers 1993-1996

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
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