Railroad Hour

Naughty Marietta

English · Dramatic Readings, Music

The Railroad Hour brings Broadway musicals and operettas to radio, presenting familiar stage works in a compact musical-theater format. The program is associated with host and producer Gordon MacRae, whose warm baritone leads the performances alongside a cast of singers and the orchestra.

Each broadcast adapts a musical for radio, combining songs with spoken scenes to carry the story between numbers. The result offers listeners the pleasures of a theatrical production through voices, music, and orchestral accompaniment, with the narrative shaped to work without the visual spectacle of a stage.

Naughty Marietta is the featured work here, a romantic operetta by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Rida Johnson Young. Its blend of lyrical melodies and theatrical storytelling makes this broadcast a welcoming entry point for listeners drawn to classic musical theater and vintage radio performance.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.