More Fabulous Flops with Paul Roseby (R4 2006 - R7 2011).txt
More Fabulous Flops
BBC Radio 4 - 2006
BBC R7 - 2011
The series that celebrates the best and worst of musical theatre is back - only this time the team travel across the pond to the bright lights of Broadway.
Part 1 - 2006-02-05 - In Search of Genuine Applause
Elaine Stritch tells all about Goldilocks, John Barr reveals the delights of Batboy, Eric Stern spills the beans on One Night Stand (which lasted, predictably, one night only), and Judy Kaye remembers the part she played in the Middle-Eastern comedy musical Oh Brother!
They also seek out the creative team behind Bingo - The Musical, currently playing off-Broadway. Will it prove to be the real home of genuine applause?
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Part 2 - 2006-02-12
We mourn the death of Annie 2 while Nichola McAuliffe spills the beans on Murderous Instincts.
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Part 3 - 2006-02-19
God is the theme, including the cringeworthy In My Life, a show about a boy with Tourette's Syndrome in which God appears as a jingle writer. Disbelieve in Fire Angel, the god of comedy Ray Cooney's musical based on The Merchant of Venice; cover your ears at Wilde, DJ god Mike Read's flop that crashed and burned; and delight in our look at Stephen Sondheim, god of musicals, the genius composer who just can't get a hit on Broadway.
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Part 4 - 2006-02-26
We go Behind The Iron Mask, look at Legs Diamond and into then into the mind of Carrie.
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