Broadway to Main Street

The most unique of all of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, discussed in exquisite detail with our special guest, Ted Chapin. Renditions by Tony Bennett, Audra McDonald, Coleman Hawkins, among others.

And the living is...you know the rest. Great songs from the Broadway stage about the joys of the season, from Grease to The Most Happy Fella to Porgy and Bess to Mamma Mia!  

Unsung champions of the Broadway songbook--if you don't know them, you should: Jackie and Roy, Lee Wiley, Buddy Clark, Felicia Sanders, Matt Monro, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and more.  

A tribute to one of the American Musical Theatre's most ambitious songwriters. We're joined by Steven Blier, artistic director of the New York Festival of Song , plus amazing renditions of Blitzstein's work by Patti LuPone, Rosemary Clooney, Audra McDonald, Paul Robeson and more.

Grab a Mai Tai, put on your capri pants, and listen to some of the most lounge-worthy Broadway show tunes, sung by Steve and Eydie, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Julie London, and more.

Everything is rosie with our expansive tribute to this beloved star of stage (Bye Bye Birdie) and screen (Mary Poppins, etc.).  Guest selections include Chita Rivera, Mary Tyler Moore, and of course Julie Andrews--plus some Dick Van Dyke show tune rarities!

We're celebrating what would have been "Tony Sunday" with a festival of the most honored Tony Award winners--performers who have won multiple medallions: Audra McDonald, Angela Lansbury, Nathan Lane, John Cullum, Chita Rivera and many more.  

Our Memorial Day Weekend tribute to the servicemen and servicewomen who fought and died for our country--expressed in songs by George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein among others, with a finale of the heart-rending "Ballad for Americans."

  Fifty years ago, the Tonys celebrated Company, The Rothschilds, No No Nanette , and more during a very complex and pivotal season; listen to all the nominees and winners.  

One hundred years after her first recording, we celebrate one of the greatest singing actors in American entertainment. Timeless songs, including "Heat Wave," "Stormy Weather," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," and of course "Supper Time."

In time for Mother's Day, a personal souvenir of the show tunes I learned from my mom: classics from A Little Night Music, My Fair Lady, South Pacifi c and from great singers such as Paul Robeson, Gertrude Lawrence, and Steve Lawrence.

Wilkommen to some of the hottest nightclubs in Broadway history; songs from Cabaret, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls, Once, Flower Drum Song and more. A bushel and a peck of great tunes.

A long-awaited episode that's too good, at least. Sondheim's masterpiece, devoured by an all-star line-up: Len Cariou, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Josh Groban, Judy Collins, and many more.

To celebrate his streaming show, "John Cullum: An Accidental Life", we look at the legacy of one of our great Broadway stars in On A Clear Day, 1776, Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century- -and Mr. Cullum joins us for an interview!

The magical sounds of the city heard by night owls and songbirds; tunes from great Broadway shows sung by Sammy Davis, Jr., Ethel Merman, Steven Pasquale, Peggy Lee, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and more.

A springtime bouquet of show tunes cultivated to make your heart go dancing, sung by Barbra Streisand, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Eydie Gormé, Derek Klena, Elaine Stritch, Noël Coward and more.

An hour from Kurt Weill's extraordinarily inventive Broadway catalogue. Original renditions combine with new interpretations by such performers as Mary Martin, Gertrude Lawrence, Melissa Errico, Lotte Lenya, Donna Murphy—even the composer himself.

Return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, when Broadway stars ruled the radio airwaves! Here's an all-star line-up of great Broadway performers and songwriters delivering rare and exciting moments only heard live on radio: Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Groucho Marx, and many more.

Great tunes from the Great Depression, brought to life by a newer generation: Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin and more.  

We celebrate the singing--in the rain and otherwise--of one of our greatest song-and-dance men. Joining Gene are Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, as well as some rare Pal Joey recordings.

You've been invited to a swell-egant, elegant party. On the guest list: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Idina Menzel, Nat King Cole, Judy Holliday, Sammy Davis, Jr. and more.

Adam Guettel's astonishing song cycle transforms into a multiple-episode virtual presentation by MasterVoices. Its artistic director, Ted Sperling, joins us to look at this work along with performances by Audra McDonald, Renee Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Mandy Patinkin and more.

Truer than the red, hot, and blue! A valentine to our listeners with love songs from Carousel, Show Boat, The Color Purpl e, and many more.

It's the best of times with Jerry Herman's enduring score to this groundbreaking musical. Performances from the original Broadway cast, plus Keith Michell, Gary Beach, Douglas Hodge, Gloria Gaynor and the composer himself.  

Our concluding look at the fascinating idiosyncratic gems that didn't transfer directly to Broadway, from the mid-1970s to today: The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Hello Again, Floyd Collins and so many more.