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Welcome to September’s episode of The Magic of The Musical, where host Caledonia Skytower explores the songs, stories, and lore of the musical theatre.
Tune in at 2pm slt/pacific on Saturday, September 19th for the newest episode as she counts down the top twenty longest running stage musicals in the English-speaking theater.
Join us on-the-air or at Seanchai Library’s Ceiluradh Glen for today’s broadcast.
This programme is now available on Mixcloud
Welcome to July’s episode of The Magic of The Musical, where host Caledonia Skytower explores the songs, stories, and lore of the musical theatre. Tune in at 2pm slt/pacific on Saturday, July 18th for this month’s episode: “All About Eliza” — an episode that has been in various stages of planning for several years.
Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady opened on March 15, 1956 at The Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway. The show represents not just the pinnacle of the artists’ work, but paid homage to the “classics” of the 20thC musical stage that came before it in the same breath as it presaged the changes that were on the way for musicals, and culture in general.
Caledonia is joined by first world colleague, director and choreographer Chris Nardine, to discuss the show: its production boons and challenges, and why it remains a relevant piece of musical literature whose central issues can still be debated and interpreted, even today.Continue reading
This programme is now available on Mixcloud.
Sunday, July 12th at 2:00 pm SLT, Caledonia Skytower presents a live broadcast from the performance area at Seanchai Library, at the SL23B celebrations. She’ll continue her exploration of the Academy Award-Winning Songs of Hollywood’s Golden Age in keeping with Second Life’s 23rd Birthday Celebration theme.
The 1950s saw a shift, as those elements that brought about the close of Hollywood’s Golden Age came into play: the anti-trust break-up of the studio system, the major changes in the radio industry, and the evolution of television. In this last decade we can observe changes in the music as well: classic studio sounds, songs that became signature tunes, and a new cast of vocal talent singing the last of the great radio covers.
Join the live audience at Seanchai Library at SL23B:
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—or listen live in the UK, US, Canada and Mexico:
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Sunday, July 5th at 2:00 pm SLT, Caledonia Skytower presents a live broadcast from the performance area at Seanchai Library, at the SL23B celebrations.
In keeping with this year’s Golden Age of Hollywood theme, today’s program is the first of two shows featuring the Award-Winning Songs of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Beginning in 1930, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) began recognizing as “best song” iconic tunes from films that set the tone of eras: The Continental, Over the Rainbow, When You Wish Upon a Star, White Christmas, Swinging on a Star and many more.
Join the live audience at Seanchai Library at SL23B:
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/215/221/21
—or listen live in the UK, US, Canada and Mexico:
https://vcradio.org/
Welcome back to the Magic of The Musical, where host Caledonia Skytower explores the songs, stories and lore of the musical theatre. Tune in at 2pm slt/pacific on Saturday, June 20th for this month’s episode.
It’s Awards Season again! It’s been an interesting year beginning in April with the Olivier Awards in London, then the Drama Desk Awards in greater New York in May, and finally the Antoinette Perry (“Tony”) Awards on Broadway this June. Cale observes the winners from all three in the categories of Musical and Musical Revival, shares songs and muses on what trends are represented in this year’s nominees.Continue reading