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Female-led songs for International Women's Day

Elaine's got a sensational sequence of female-led show tunes for International Women's Day, from musicals including Waitress, Made in Dagenham, Come From Away and Sister Act. There's also the latest stage and screen news, and your Break A Leg messages.

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Music Played

  • The Company of Newsies

    The World Will Know

    • Newsies (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.

  • Adrienne Warren & Tina: The Tina Turner Musical Original London Company

    (Simply) The Best

    • Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original London Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 23.

  • Beth Malone & Michael Cerveris

    Telephone Wire

    • Fun Home: A New Broadway Musical.
    • PS Classics.
    • 23.

  • John Kander

    Cabaret

    Performer: Liza Minnelli. Lyricist: Fred Ebb.
    • Cabaret - Original Soundtrack.
    • MCA.

  • The Original Company of Motown The Musical

    Get Ready / Dancing In The Street

    • Motown The Musical.
    • Motown/Island Def Jam.
    • 3.

  • Melanie La Barrie, Dónal Finn, Bella Brown, Madeline Charlemagne, Allie Daniel & Hadestown Original West End Cast

    Wait For Me

    • Hadestown Live From London.
    • Arts Music/Rhino.
    • 12.

  • The Choir Of Man

    The Impossible Dream

    • The Choir of Man.

  • Jessie J & BBC Concert Orchestra

    Defying Gravity (Radio 2 Piano Room, 26 Feb 2026)

  • Orchestra

    South Pacific Overture

    • South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • RCA Records.
    • 1.

  • Loretta Ables Sayre

    Bali Ha'i

    • South Pacific (New Broadway Cast Recording (2008)).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 8.

  • Patti Murin, Caissie Levy & The Company

    For The First Time In Forever

    • Frozen (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 4.

  • Joanna Ampil & Peter Cousens

    Sun And Moon

    • Miss Saigon (Highlights from the Complete Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 5.

  • Members of the Cast

    Footloose [Finale]

    • Footloose [Original Broadway Cast Recording].
    • John Craig Music Management Ltd.
    • 17.

  • The Cast Of Six

    Six

    • SIX: The Musical (Studio Cast Recording).
    • Historemix.
    • 9.

  • Made in Dagenham Cast

    Everybody Out

    • Everybody Out [From "Made in Dagenham" ].
    • The Connoisseur Collection Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Natalie McQueen, Amber Davies, Caroline Sheen & Original London Cast

    Change It

    • 9 to 5 the Musical - West End Cast Recording [Live].
    • ATG Productions.
    • 13.

  • Sara Bareilles

    She Used To Be Mine

    • What's Inside: Songs from Waitress.
    • Epic.
    • 10.

  • Jenn Colella

    Me And The Sky

    • Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Concord Theatricals.
    • 16.

  • Miriam‐Teak Lee & Original London Cast of & Juliet

    Roar

    • & Juliet (Original London Cast Recording).
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 27.

  • Patina Miller

    Sister Act

    • Sister Act [Original London Cast].
    • John Craig Music Management Ltd.
    • 17.

  • Barrett Wilbert Weed & Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls

    I'd Rather Be Me

    • Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 19.

  • Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

    For Good

    • Wicked: For Good - The Soundtrack.
    • Universal Music / Republic Records.

  • Andrea Grody & Original Broadway Cast of Suffs

    Keep Marching

    • Keep Marching (from the Broadway musical "Suffs").
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 1.

  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Rain On My Parade

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday13:00
    BBC Radio 2