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With Bob Avian, choreographer of A Chorus Line

Elaine presents a show jam-packed full of your favourite musical and movie tunes. Plus she chats to leading Broadway choreographer Bob Avian and plays your Break A Leg messages.

The first lady of musical theatre Elaine Paige with a show jam-packed full of your favourite musical and movie tunes. Featuring EP's OST of the Week, your Break A Legs and the Big Ballard.
Plus Elaine's special guest is double Tony Award winning choreographer whose career has seen him have great success both on Broadway and the West End.
Bob Avian began his life in musical theatre as a dancer over fifty years ago, appearing in shows such as West Side Story and Funny Girl, before meeting Michael Bennett with whom he would collaborate for the next twenty five years on productions including Company, Follies and Twigs, before achieving worldwide acclaim with the ground-breaking A Chorus Line, which resulted in his first Tony.
In recent years he's worked extensively in London, originating Dreamgirls, providing the musical staging for Miss Saigon and choreographing The Witches of Eastwick.
He's now in the director's chair for the London transfer of the Broadway Production of A Chorus Line which is at the Palladium.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 17 Feb 2013 13:00
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Music Played

  • Judy Garland

    Get Happy

    • Judy Garland In Hollywood Her Greatest Movie Hits.
    • RHINO.
    • R2-75292.

  • Original Cast (snow White)

    Whistle While You Work

    • Disney's Hit Singles And More!.
    • WALT DISNEY RECORDS.
    • WD-115632.

  • James McConville/Imelda Staunton

    Not While I'm Around

    • Sweeney Todd: The 2012 London Cast Album.
    • FIRST NIGHT.
    • CASTCD 113.

  • Julie Andrews and Richard Burton

    What Do The Simple Folk Do?

    • Camelot.
    • Sony BMG Music.
    • 24782246.

  • Richard Clayderman

    West Side Story Medley

    • The Very Best Of Richard Clayderman.
    • DECCA.
    • 828-336 2.

  • The Cast Of Glee

    Dreams

    • Glee The Music volume 6.
    • sony columbia.
    • 88697898112.

  • Doris Day

    A Woman's Touch

    • Calamity Jane / The Pjama Game.
    • CBS.
    • 4676-102.

  • Andrea Bocelli

    When I Fall In Love (feat. Chris Botti)

    • Passione.
    • Decca.
    • B00AG6Z92C.

  • Julia McKenzie

    Adelaide's Lament

    • Guys And Dolls.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • CDL-1388.

  • Bing Crosby

    A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

    • Crooners.
    • Music Club.
    • MCCD-104.

  • David Easter

    Song Of The King

  • Shorty Long, Alan Gilbert, John Henson & Roy Lazarus

    Standing On the Corner

    • The Essential Broadway.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 82876-80319 2.

  • Chorus Line Cast

    What I Did For Love

    • A Chorus Line: The New Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20389295.

  • Jennifer Holliday

    I Am Changing

    • Best Of Jennifer Holliday.
    • Geffen.
    • 15475578.

  • Miss Saigon - Original London Cast

    I'd Give My life For You

    • The Golden Musical Collection.
    • PMF.
    • 11300754.

  • Dorothy Collins

    Losing My Mind

    • Follies: Original Broadway Cast.
    • CAPITOL.
    • CDP-7920942.

  • A Chorus Line Cast

    One (Reprise)/Finale

    • A Chorus Line (New Cast Recording).
    • MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
    • 82876-897852.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Come Fly With Me

    • Michael Buble.
    • 143/REPRISE.
    • 9362-48916 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Feb 2013 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2