BBC Radio 2 To Celebrate Kander and Ebb

BBC Radio 2 will celebrate John Kander and Fred Ebb in a Friday Night is Music Night program, The Stage reports.

The program's performers will include Sally Ann Triplett, Nicola Hughes, Tim Flavin, and Tony Hadley.  They will record numbers from Kander and Ebb musicals including CABARET and CHICAGO on July 12; the broadcast date for the program has not yet been announced.

Composer John Kander and the late lyricist Fred Ebb were a highly successful Broadway songwriting team.  Their biggest hits include CABARET, winner of a Tony Award for Best Musical, and CHICAGO, the revival of which has become Broadway's longest-running revival.  Other musicals by Kander and Ebb include FLORA, THE RED MENACE; THE HAPPY TIME; ZORBA; 70, GIRLS, 70; THE ACT; WOMAN OF THE YEAR; THE RINK; KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN; STEEL PIER; and CURTAINS.  In addition, the pair wrote songs for the films NEW YORK, NEW YORK (including the famous 'Theme from New York, New York') and FUNNY LADY and for Liza Minnelli.  The two also created several shows that have yet to be produced on Broadway, including ALL ABOUT US, THE VISIT, and the upcoming THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.

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