Beauty And The Beast – broadcast on 30th April 2024

By Rmorrison

Musical Theatre Melodies broadcast on Tuesday, 30th April will feature a 30th anniversary tribute to the Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice musical Beauty and the Beast (based on Walt Disney animated feature film) from the 1994 original Broadway cast recording starring Susan Egan, Terrence Mann, Burke Moses, Gary Beach, Beth Fowler, Heath Lamberts, Eleanor Glockner, Stacey Logan, Brian Press, Kenny Raskin and Tom Bosley.

This will be preceded by an interview with Tony Award nominated actress-singer and original cast member* Beth Fowler recalling the show (in which she played the role of ‘Mrs. Potts’) and recounting highlights from her career, including the Broadway production of The Boy From Oz.

The broadcast will go “to air” between 9 – 11 p.m. EST local Melbourne time; (= 12 noon – 2 p.m. BST in Britain; and in the US at 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. EDT in New York = 4 a.m. – 6 a.m. PDT Los Angeles time.)

For those listening in via the Internet on 96.5 Inner FM’s website the webpage link for the Inner FM Web Radio player is http://right-click.com.au/rcPlayer2/index.php?c=innerfm or go to the Inner FM homepage at www.innerfm.org.au and click on the link labelled “Listen Live” on the top right-hand menu bar.

For those who are unable to tune in “live”, podcasts will be available to listen to posted on the webpage at https://innerfm.org.au//shows/musical-theatre-melodies/ and https://omny.fm/shows/musicaltheatremelodies within 15 minutes after the conclusion of each broadcast.  (The podcast of the program has recently been ranked amongst the Top 10 Australian Theatre Podcasts by Feedspot at https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_theatre_podcasts ).