March 13, 2025
Encore Episode: TRUDE RITMANN & THE WOMEN WHO INVENTED BROADWAY
With special guest Albert Evans
You may not know Trude Rittmann's name, but you have heard her music. During the "Golden Age of Broadway" (and beyond), she composed music for 33 Broadway musicals, including Carousel, Brigadoon, South Pacific, Fininan’s Rainbow, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, The Sound of Music, and Camelot.
In this episode, Albert Evans and I tell the story of one of the least known, but most significant, women who invented the musical.
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