Maury Yeston Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour

Are you here? If you’re here, it’s obviously because you like to know stuff. It’s also possible you like to listen to people talking. In fact, on every single episode of The Paul Leslie Hour that there’s ever been has someone or another talking.

Your host Paul Leslie talks, the announcer, (that’s me) talks too. But the person who talks the most in every episode is the guest. Understandable. This time we present an interview from our library of interviews, with Maury Yeston. He’ll be talking.

Maury Yeston allows us into his musical mind!  He is a composer, lyricist, educator, musicologist and Tony award-winner.  Perhaps best known for his music and lyrics heard on the Broadway stage, Maury Yeston wrote the lyrics and melodies for “Nine,” (based on Fellini’s film 8½ )as well as “Titanic.”  He wrote the music and lyrics for “Phantom,” based on the 1910 novel “The Phantom of the Opera.”  Yeston also wrote a great deal of songs for the Broadway musical “Grand Hotel.”

In addition to several original Broadway cast albums of his songs, a compilation album of his songs was released entitled “The Maury Yeston Songbook.”  And it’s worth noting Broadway actress Laura Osnes released an entire album of his songs entitled “If I Tell You (Songs of Maury Yeston).”

If you are fascinated by the art of songwriting or a lover of musical theatre, this interview will be of great interest to you.  Maury Yeston freely expresses his thoughts and recollections.  Writers and lovers of songs alike will enjoy this fascinating interview.

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And now, it’s time we played the interview with the unforgettable Maury Yeston!