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Elaine's Easter Special, featuring 2026 Olivier Award nominees

Elaine's Easter Special, with special show tunes and movie songs for Easter, your Break a Leg messages, and the stage and screen news. Plus, we'll be hearing from a handful of the musical theatre performers and creatives nominated for 2026 Olivier Awards.

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Music Played

  • George Salazar & The New Broadway Company of Godspell

    Light Of The World

    • Godspell (The New Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 9.

  • Charlie Stemp & Zizi Strallen

    Chim Chim Cher-ee (Live)

    • Mary Poppins (The Definitive Supercalifragilistic 2020 Cast Recording).
    • Arts Music/First Night.
    • 11.

  • Cian Eagle-Service & Workhouse Children

    Food, Glorious Food [Live]

    • Oliver! - Food, Glorious Food.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Fred Astaire & MGM Studio Chorus

    Happy Easter

    • Irving Berlin's Easter Parade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 2.

  • Judy Garland

    Easter Parade (feat. Fred Astaire)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Stardust.

  • Sammy Davis Jr. & Count Basie

    April In Paris

    • Our Shining Hour.
    • Verve Records.
    • 6.

  • Kerry Ellis

    Defying Gravity

    • Anthems.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Olly Dobson & Hugh Coles

    Put Your Mind To It

    • Back to the Future: The Musical.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 15.

  • Charles Gray, Richard O’Brien, Little Nell & Patricia Quinn

    The Time Warp

    • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original Film Soundtrack).
    • Essential.
    • 4.

  • Luke Evans

    Bring Him Home

    • At Last.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Anna-Jane Casey

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    • NA.
    • NA.

  • Michael Crawford & Barnum Ensemble

    Come Follow the Band

    • Barnum (Original London Cast Recording).
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 11.

  • Michael Crawford

    There Is A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute

    • Barnum (Original London Cast Recording).
    • Air Records.
    • 2.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • John Legend & Original Television Cast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert

    Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)

    • Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say).
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Cynthia Erivo

    Everything's Alright

    • Jesus Christ Superstar: Highlights From the All-Female Studio Cast Recording.
    • Shoshana bean.
    • 3.

  • Howard McGillin & Ashleigh Sendin

    It's De-Lovely

    • Anything Goes (1989 London Cast Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 9.

  • Bryce Pinkham & Lora Lee Gayer

    Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk

    • Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 15.

  • Passenger

    Song for the Countryside

    • Kollective Neighbouring Rights Records B.V.

  • Tom Edden, James Hameed & The Original Cast of 'Paddington The Musical'

    Marmalade

    • Marmalade.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Evita Original London Cast

    Requiem For Evita

    • Evita (Original London Cast Recording).
    • MCA Records.
    • 1.

  • Diego Andres Rodriguez

    And The Money Kept Rollin' In (And Out)

    • EVITA.
    • The Other Songs.
    • 9.

  • Amy Adams

    Happy Working Song

    • The Magic Of Disney.
    • EMI TV.
    • 13.

  • Laura Michelle Kelly, The Children & The Company

    A Spoonful of Sugar

    • Mary Poppins Original London Cast Recording.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 8.

  • Helen Anker & The "Hard Times the Musical" Company

    Spring

    • Hard Times: The Musical (Original London Cast Recording) [EP].
    • First Night Records.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday13:00
    BBC Radio 2