This week Mel Larch brings you a new edition of Curtain Call devoted to remembering four recently-departed legends of the world of Musical Theatre.

At 3 PM, Wednesday afternoon’s Curtain Call on The AIR follows an encore of a recent edition of Beatles Blast (which airs at 2PM).

The last week of September was particularly cruel to fans of Theatre. Dame Maggie Smith passed away on the 27th, followed three days later by Ken Page and Gavin Creel.  More recently, Mitzi Gaynor, who brought Musicals to life on the big screen, passed away at the age of 93.

This week on Curtain Call, Mel lets you sample some of the music of these legends, along with a tribute and brief bio.

In Curtain Call’s 151st episode you will hear:

“Medley We Don’t Want To Lose You” Maggie Smith, Penny Allen from Oh What A Lovely War
“One Perfect Moment” Maggie Smith from New Faces of ’56, a Broadway Revue

“What Do I Need With Love” Gavin Creel from Thoroughly Modern Millie
“Hair” by Gavin Creel and Tribe,from HAIR
“You” by Gavin Creel from Bounce (Road Show) by Stephen Sondheim
“Elegance” by Gavin Creel, Beanie Feldstein, Kate Baldwin, Taylor Tensch from the 2017 revival of Hello Dolly

“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair” Mitzi Gaynor, from South Pacific soundtrack
“Anything Goes” and “You’re The Top” Mitzi Gaynor and Gaynor with Bing Crosby from the Anything Goes soundtrack

“Ooogie Boogie’s Song” Ken Page, from A Nightmare Before Christmas
“Your Feet’s Too Big,” “The Ladies Who Sing With The Band” and “Honeysuckle Rose” from Ain’t Misbehavin’
“The Moments of Happiness,” “The Ad-Dressing Of Cats” from Cats OBC
“Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat” Ken Page from Guys and Dolls (1976 Revival Cast)

Curtain Call can be heard on The AIR Wednesday at 3 PM, with replays Thursday at 8 AM, Friday at 10 AM, Saturday at 8 PM, Monday at 9 AM and Tuesday at 2 PM. A marathon of classic episodes can be heard Sunday morning beginning at 9 AM, and an all-night marathon of Curtain Call episodes can be heard Wednesday nights, beginning at Midnight.

Tonight at 10 PM we bring you the comedic music of The Bonzo Dog Band on a classic episode  of The Comedy Vault. You can hear this replayed Saturday at 6 PM and next Monday at 8 PM.