Take a trip backstage with Broadway’s best – exclusive interviews with the leading creators of musical theatre. Based on the popular 1980s radio series produced and hosted by award-winning director and producer, Paul Lazarus, ANYTHING GOES is a celebration of storytelling through song, past, present and future... Read More
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Take a trip backstage with Broadway’s best – exclusive interviews with the leading creators of musical theatre. Based on the popular 1980s radio series produced and hosted by award-winning director and producer, Paul Lazarus, ANYTHING GOES is a celebration of storytelling through song, past, present and future. Now available in 30-minute segments. Hundreds of episodes featuring show-stopping interviews with composers, lyricists, book writers, directors and performing legends from the Broadway stage. A treasure trove of rare and famous songs performed by the original singers as well as the writers themselves. The series showcases interviews with living composers and lyricists like Stephen Sondheim, Gretchen Cryer and Stephen Schwartz, tributes to past greats like the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Comden & Green, Dorothy Parker and Ethel Merman as well as early encounters with now famous tunesmiths like Alan Menken, William Finn and Craig Carnelia. Anything Goes is everything Musical Theatre. Join Paul Lazarus as he explores the dazzling history of the musical stage.
Originally produced and broadcast in 1986. For more information go to AnythingGoesPL.com or BPN.FM/AnythingGoes. Theme music arranged by Bruce Coughlin. Sound mixing by David Rapkin. Associate producer Jeff Lunden. Anything Goes – Backstage with Broadway’s Best – is produced and hosted by Paul Lazarus.
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[0:00] Paul Lazarus: Hi, this is Paul Lazarus. In the 1980s, I produced and hosted a radio series called Anything Goes, celebrating the American musical theater past, present, and future.
[0:11] Paul Lazarus: Hundreds of programs featuring show-stopping conversations with composers, lyricists, book writers, and stage legends. Stephen Sondheim spoke about collaborating with James Lepine on the making of Sunday in the Park with George. He paid tribute to past greats like the queen of musical comedy, Ethel Merman.
[0:29] Paul Lazarus: Twenty years before Wicked, Stephen Schwartz sang the first song he ever wrote for Broadway. Betty Comden, who gave us Singing in the Rain, reminisced about Peter Pan. Craig Cornelia talked about the finale he created for Working.
[1:04] Paul Lazarus: Now, the Broadway Podcast Network is bringing back these shows. Join us as we celebrate all things musical theater on Anything Goes.
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