The BBC’s ‘greatest songs from musicals’ poll contained some telling omissions
Songs from Les Misérables, Porgy and Bess, West Side Story and Hamilton all featured in the top 20. Photos: Tristram Kenton/Richard Davenport/Joan Marcus
BBC Radio 2’s search to find the nation’s all-time greatest musical song reflects both the changing face and sound of the musical, says Richard Jordan, but maybe what was missing from the list was as revealing as what was included
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