Musicals
On the midnight mixtape,
Laura McGhie was joined by
Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (27/08/2026) with
Songs featured in musicals in celebration of Dolly Parton (who starred in 9 to 5) and Tim Cirry (Rocky Horror Show amongst other musicals) who recently passed away.
Songs in contention
Tim Curry - Sweet Transvestite {Rocky Horror Picture Show}
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Who - Pinball Wizard {Tommy}
Donny Osmond - Any dream will do {Joseph}
John Travolta & ONJ - Summer Nights {Grease}
Rocky Horror Show - Time Warp
Lea Salonga - I dreamed a dream
Gene Wilder - Pure imagination {Charlie & Chocolate Factory}
Loren Allred - Never enough {Greatest Showman}
Bonnie Tyler - Cappuccino Girls
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life {Spamalot}
ABBA - Mamma Mia
Aretha - Think {Blues brothers}
Elaine Paige - Memory {Cats}
Celine Dion - My heart will go on {Titanic}
Ben Platt - You will be found {Dear Evan Hansen}
Jack Wild & Mark Lester - Consider yourself {Oliver!}
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I had the) Time of my life {Dirty Dancing}
Gari Glaysher - Empty chairs at empty tables {Les Miserables}
Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
Crusaders - Streetlife {Sharkey's machine/Jackie}
Bad to the bone {T2}
Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda - Dear Theodosia {Hamilton}
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Liza Minnelli - All that jazz {Chicago}
Doris Day - Deadwood Stage {Calamity Jane}
Judy Garland - Somewhere over the rainbow {Wizard of Oz}
Aileen Quinn - It's a hard knock life {Annie}
John Morris - Springtime for Hitler {Producers}
Michael Crawford - Music of the night {Phantom of the Opera}
Final Mixtape
Here's the final mixtape!
[Side 1]
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Doris Day - Deadwood stage (Calamity Jane)
Bonnie Tyler - Cappuccino Girls
Grease - Summer nights
Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
[Side 2]
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
Who - Pinball wizard
Gene Wilder - Pure imagination
Aileen Quinn - It's a hard knock life (Annie)
Oliver - Consider yourself
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
[Hidden]
Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
