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13/12/2009

Duration:
2 hours
First broadcast:
Sunday 13 December 2009

Elaine talks to dancer and actress Donna McKechnie about her starring role in the original Broadway production of 'A Chorus Line'. Donna also reveals her favourite Essential Musicals including: 'Company', 'Showboat', 'Follies' and 'Oklahoma!'.

Plus, more Break-a-Leg messages and this week's Big One from Malcolm which today features a rousing number from 42nd Street.

Music Played

23 items

  • Preston, Robert And Company Seventy Six Trombones

    The Music Man / Original Broadway Cast, CAPITOL

  • Van Dyke, Dick Put On A Happy Face

    Broadway Magic: The 1960 S, COLUMBIA

  • Image for Robert Lindsay

    Robert Lindsay Leaning On A Lamp Post

    Me And My Girl, MANHATTAN RECORD

  • Image for Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra Somewhere In Time

    100 Greatest Film Themes, Silva Screen Records

  • Lee, Diana And Bobby Van The World Is A Circle

    Lost Horizon, RAZOR

  • Image for Judy Kuhn

    Judy Kuhn Colours of the Wind

    Pocahontas - Original Soundtrack, WALT DISNEY RECORDS

  • Josephine Blake Vitality

    The Musicality of Novello, Jay Productions

  • Laura Kelly; Lothlorien

    Michael Rouse, LORD OF THE RINGS

  • Leigh Ann Larkin Broadway

    Gypsy, Time Life

  • Image for Julie Andrews

    Julie Andrews Pretty Things

    Rose Marie, Sepia

  • Image for The Swingle Singers

    The Swingle Singers L'ete

    Ferris Wheels, Warner

  • Image for Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong We Have All The Time In The World

    The Love Album 2003, VIRGIN

  • Image for Jennifer Holliday

    Jennifer Holliday And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

    Dreamgirls, GEFFEN

  • Patina Miller Fabulous, Baby!

    Sister Act, First Night

  • Jerry Orbach/Angela Lansbury Be Our Guest

    Classic Disney Vol 2, The Walt Disney Company

  • Robert Morse How To

    American Musical Theatre Shows, Songs An Smithsonian

  • Bishop, Carol Nancy Lane & Kay Cole At The Ballet

    A Chorus Line Original Cast Recording, COLUMBIA

  • Image for Larry Kert

    Larry Kert Being Alive

    The Sondheim Songbook, SONY BROADWAY

  • Man River Ol'

    Paul Robeson, The Best Of Paul Robeson: 20 Great Track MUSIC

  • Image for Alfred Drake

    Alfred Drake Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'

    Broadway 1935 1946 A Time Of Hope, DECCA BROADWAY

  • Donna Mckechnie 'In Buddy's Eyes' (From 'Follies')

    Follies, TVT Records

  • Malcolm's Big One - 1

  • Malcolm's Big One - 2

  • A singular sensation

    A singular sensation

    Broadway legend Donna McKechnie spoke to EP about her favourite Essential Musicals. Donna starred in the original Broadway production of 'A Chorus Line' in 1975.

  • Elaine and Susan Boyle

    Elaine and Susan Boyle

    At last, Elaine performed with Susan Boyle. This picture is from the ITV1 programme 'I Dreamed A Dream: The Susan Boyle Story'. Thanks to ITV for the photo.

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