Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway's Harmony

Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway's Harmony

"Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway's Harmony" is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News. Learn More About The Comedian Harmonists: ⁠www.thecomedianharmonists.com⁠ Learn More About Harmony A New Musical: ⁠www.harmonyanewmusical.com⁠

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April 24, 2024 21 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode (from Harmony):

  • "Overture"
  • “Stars In The Night”

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Warren Carlyle
  • Beowulf Boritt
  • Peggy Eisenhauer
  • Dan Moses Schreier
  • Linda Cho
  • Ricky Lurie

Mentioned In This Episode:

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“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode (from Harmony):

  • "Overture"
  • “Stars In The Night”
  • "Threnody"
  • "Harmony"

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Bruce Sussman
  • Jan Grübler
  • Eric Peters
  • Chip Zien
  • Danny Kornfeld
  • Sean Bell

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April 17, 2024 12 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode (from Harmony):

  • “Stars In The Night”
  • "We're Goin' Loco"

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Jan Grübler
  • Chip Zien (Voice of "Albert Einstein")
  • Allison Semmes, "Josephine Baker"

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April 10, 2024 74 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Table of Contents:

  • 2:16 - Erna/Marion Kiss
  • 8:59 - Olga Bertha Wolff
  • 14:45 - Fernande, Suzanne, and Anna Marie Collin
  • 37:50 - Mary Magedalena Panzram
  • 48:15 - Hilde Longino
  • 48:50 - Ella
  • 49:22 - Delphine David
  • 51:08 - Saschka Andrejeva Siderova
  • 52:00 - Ursula Elkan
  • 1:01...
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April 3, 2024 46 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • “Stars In The Night” from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "In This World" from Harmony: A New Musical

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Blake Roman, "Chopin" in Harmony
  • Jan Grübler, Historian
  • Bruce Sussman, Co-Writer o...
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March 27, 2024 33 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • “Stars In The Night” from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "How Can I Serve You, Madam?" from Harmony: A New Musical

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Steven Telsey, "Lesh" in Harmony
  • Jan Grübler, Historian
  • Bruce Sussma...
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March 20, 2024 47 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • “Stars In The Night” from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "Hungarian Rhapsody #20" from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "Home" from Harmony: A New Musical

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Bruce Sussman, Harmony co-writer
  • Jan G...
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March 13, 2024 35 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • “Stars In The Night” from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "The Wedding" from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "Where You Go" from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "Every Single Day" from Harmony: A New Musical

Guests In This Episode (in order of appear...

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March 6, 2024 35 mins

A previous version of this episode misstated the parentage of Erich's wife, Fernande Holzamer. Fernande's father was a German tailor, her mother was a French homemaker. This has been corrected in the episode, as well.

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • “Stars In The Night” from Harmony: ...
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February 28, 2024 39 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • "Stars In The Night" from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "How Can I Serve You Madame " from Harmony: A New Musical


Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Zal Owen, "Harry" in Harmony
  • Jan Grübler, Historian
  • ...
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February 21, 2024 48 mins

“Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s Harmony” is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.

Songs In This Episode:

  • "Stars In The Night" from Harmony: A New Musical
  • "Hungarian Rhapsody #20" from Harmony: A New Musical

Guests In This Episode (in order of appearance):

  • Zal Owen, "Harry" in Harmony
  • Danny Kornfeld, "Young Rabbi"...
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"Who Were The Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway's Harmony" is a podcast produced by Harmony: A New Musical and Broadway News.


Learn More About The Comedian Harmonists: www.thecomedianharmonists.com

Learn More About Harmony A New Musical: www.harmonyanewmusical.com


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