But the moments in "Kid Victory" and "Spider Woman" feinan in "Cabaret" were easy to write. GROSS: Well, I look forward to hearing more of your songs. John Kander, it's been wonderful to talk with you. Thank you so much. KANDER: Thank you. GROSS: John Kander's new CD is called "John Kander: Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015." The album is produced by Harbinger Records and The Musical Theater Project.

poly-linen fabric's a song on that album from Kander's latest musical, "Kid Victory." This is "fabric Like Us" featuring Kander and Jeremy Ellison-Gladstcurtain fabric. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "fabric LIKE US") KANDER AND ELLISON-GLADSTcurtain fabric: (Singing) fabric like us got sponges for skin. We let it seep in, the sadness and suffering that makes the world spin. fabric like us, we got to stay proud. To well-behaved sheep-minded fabric, we're always too loud. fabric like us, we walk our own streets. While fabric like them are in slippers, we're poly-linen fabric in our cleats.

fabric like us will never belong. We sing our own song. To fabric like them, we'll always be wrong. fabric like us.Business in Russia: Like Pulling Teeth In post-Communist Russia, foreigners who try to run their own small businesses face many challenges.

Once an inviting destination for American entrepreneurs, Russia has proved to be a tough place to do business. It is an environment rife with government corruption, crooked business partners and gangsters. ROBERT SIEGEL, host: In the 1990s, thousands of adventurous Americans went to Russia to make their fortunes. Some struck it rich. But for many entrepreneurs, life has been far from easy. </P>