WPMT #117: On the Twentieth Century

The train is about to leave the station…are you on board? WPMT’s premiere of “Twentieth Century” which is the basis of the musical "On Twentieth Century," with music by Cy Coleman, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, starts at 1 PM CT on the dot! This 1934 classic stars Orson Welles as “Oscar'' and Elissa Landi as “Lily,” with Sam Levine, Ray Collins and Everett Sloane. Take a wild trip across the country from your living room, as listeners did when it aired on Campbell Playhouse, March 24, 1939!

Om Podcasten

Porchlight Music Theatre presents: "The Classic Musicals from the Golden Age of Radio." Here, host Michael Weber will introduce you to some of the great American musicals as they were originally presented on the airwaves. Performed live in front of a studio audience near the years the productions played on stage or were adapted as movies, you'll visit an era when Broadway was the central source for the launch of popular music and when stage actors were known by name across the land.