Stroman, Kander, Manilow Featured on This Week's Bway's Best 77

Sirius Satellite Radio has lined up nonstop Broadway programming for the week of September 12th on its Broadway's Best 77 station, which is "coast-to-coast and commerical-free."

On Wednesday, September 14th, Phantom of the Opera stars Jeff Keller and George Lee Andrews, who have played Monsieurs Firmin and Andre for the show's entire 18-year run, will sit down for a chat on Jason Drew: Lost on Broadway at 1 PM ET; the interview will be rebroadcast on Sunday, September 18th at 12:01 AM. Then on Friday, September 16th, Seth Rudetsky will interview five-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Susan Stroman (Contact, The Producers), legendary composer John Kander (Cabaret, Chicago, Zorba, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and acclaimed pop singer/songwriter Barry Manilow (who penned the musicals Harmony and Copacabana) on the Studio A Cabaret at 9 PM and midnight ET (rebroadcast: Sunday, September 18th at 10 PM).

On weekdays, "Broadway's Best On-Air Hosts" broadcast "the greatest showtunes and film soundtracks from yesterday and today." From 7 AM to 1 PM, Christine Pedi ("The Woman of a Thousand Voices" best known from Forbidden Broadway) is featured before Jason Drew, the Broadway Baby, from 1 PM to 5 PM. Theatre historian and journalist Bourne has air time from 5 PM to 7 PM, and Seth Rudetsky, "the Ahmaazing One" is the host with the most from 7 PM to 1 AM.

On Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, Dueling Divas Pedi and Rudetsky "team up for six hours of Broadway chatter, unvarnished opinion, celebrity guests and your phone calls (1-877-33-SIRIUS)". Saturday Sondheim is held on Saturdays from 4 PM to 6 PM ET, and is "a master class in the work of Broadways greatest living composer; Stephen Sondheim, and postgraduate study of the best of Broadway hosted by Doctor Michael Bourne."  Bourne also hosts Rodgers Rules: The Music of Richard Rodgers on Sundays from 10 AM to 4 PM.  "Class is in session as he takes you on a six-hour crash course on the music, life and times of Richard Rodgers. He knows everything, and now, so can you!"

"Sirius delivers more than 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most exciting sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. Sirius offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. Sirius also broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NBA and NHL, and is the Official Satellite Radio partner of the NFL."

Additional information is available at www.sirius.com/broadwaysbest.