A show in two acts, Act I featuring the timeless music of Kurt Weill from his days writing with Bertolt Brecht in Germany and progressing through his Broadway and Hollywood songbooks …Happy in the Act II to finally get to the work of Jerome Kern, who wrote some of Broadway’s and Hollywood’s most enduring melodies …
Everything, everywhere, all at once in this show as the Ides of March rolls around with Oscar Night, St, Patrick’s Day just two days away, and some long and beautiful careers in popular entertainment to observe and appreciate …
(This program was broadcast Sunday, March 8th, from 6 to 8 PM on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org) Note: The idea with this program was to focus on a kind of fiction within the fiction that sometimes …
(This program was broadcast Sunday, February 15th, from 6 to 8 PM on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org) First hour of Picture This begins at 01:02:20 (below) Second hour (below) Author’s Note: The first known hint …
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(This program was broadcast Sunday, February 8th, from 6 to 8 PM on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org) Author’s note by Wayne Cresser Before snowstorm related parking bans canceled live-in-the studio opps for a couple of weeks …
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By Wayne Cresser | WRIU | January 4, 2026 In filmmaking mise-en-scene refers to “everything in front of the camera” (mostly), and that’s what we’re doing with Film and TV music on Picture This tonight. We’re putting as much of …
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LISTEN TO A REPLAY (BELOW) By Wayne Cresser | WRIU | Dec 28, 2025 Wrapping up 2025 with music from some of the year’s best scores, a deep dive into the Great American Songbook with Gus Khan, and …
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