June 3 marked the first of our three weeks of spotlighting the Tony Awards! We covered the ceremonies from 1947 up to 1970. See the playlist. Tune in for Part II on June 10! We’ll start with Stephen Sondheim’s winning show from 1971, and continue up into the 1990′s!
"Sunday Matinee" Radio Show (WRUW-Cleveland, Ohio)
Category Archives: Show Notes
Memorial Day Weekend Playlist
Thanks to Wade Tolleson for guest-hosting Sunday Matinee on May 27! The playlist has been posted at WRUW’s website. He brought out a mix of parade/picnic songs, garden songs, and songs to honor the military. Thanks Wade! See the playlist.
Summer 2007 Schedule of Shows
(May 11th): The WRUW Summer Schedule is currently being finalized, but we do know that “Sunday Matinee” will continue airing on Sundays from 12 Noon to 2:00 pm on FM 91. We do have some special editions of Sunday Matinee planned for the summer. Here’s a tentative schedule for May, June and July. Schedule for May…
Sunday Matinee May 6 Playlist
The May 6th Sunday Matinee playlist has been finalized and is posted at WRUW’s website. We had two themes: Spring weather, and “Goodbye” songs. There are several people ending their shows on WRUW this week, so the “goodbye” theme seemed appropriate. Most missed around WRUW will be Joe Riznar’s Friday night show, “Your Favorite Rebellion”. …
Thanks for your support!
Thanks to all who made a contribution during our annual on-air fundraising show on April 29th! It was a whirlwind two-hours, and it went by so quickly! We raised just over $1,500 during the two-hour show. This is a decrease from recent years, but we’re still ecstatic to see so much support for the showtune…
Recent Playlists
If you want to know what musicals we’ve played on recent shows, you can find our playlists on the WRUW-FM website. We still have many available here on this site from 2005. It just became cumbersome to update the songlists both at WRUW and here. Recent Sunday Matinee Playlists
The Tony Awards!
Thanks to Wade Tolleson for hosting the program on June 4th while I was out of town. I hope you enjoyed the show! You can hear Wade host his regular weekly show on Saturday mornings on WRUW. I’m planning to be in town for the June 11th show … because it markes the start of…
Fund Raiser Update: We Made It!
The WRUW fundraiser was a huge success! Our goal for Sunday Matinee was to raise $2000 or more in honor of the show’s 20th anniversary … and we did it! Our donors pledged $2,593! Wow! That makes Sunday Matinee one of the top 3 shows for the fundraiser! After all the totalling was done, I…
Support Musicals on the Radio!
Hi, Our yearly pledge drive, the WRUW telethon, begins on Monday April 3rd. I know you are a supporter, listener, and/or downloader of my radio program, andI cannot ever express how grateful I am for that. Anyway, this is the only week out of the year we ask the community for it’s support (unlike NPR…
Adam Pascal comes to CWRU!
News from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio: The CWRU UPB Arts & Entertainment Committee has collaborated with the CWRU Film Society to bring you an evening dedicated to the award winning musical, RENT. The event will be kicked off with a showing of the recently-released film version of RENT and will be…
