Broadway to Main Street

A merry march through the music of the madcap Marxes--the songs of Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and sometimes Zeppo, from the movies and the Broadway shows they inspired. Hooray, hooray, hooray!

BLOOD-Vay to Main Street 's annual Halloween broadcast, taking you on a haunted houseful from the Broadway beyond! Songs from Fiddler on the Roof, The Lion King, Next to Normal, Ghost and more.

Go into your trance as we look at the "improbable" 1964 musical version of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit , with a mélange of the Broadway cast, the London cast, a dash of cabaret singers, and Noel Coward himself.

MEDIEVAL MUSICALES Forsooth! We're having a Middle Ages crisis on our program, verily, with songs from Camelot, A Connecticut Yankee, Spamalot, Canterbury Tales and others.

Cabaret virtuoso Eric Comstock joins us in the studio to honor the supreme musicianship of Mel Tormé; songs by Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, Jule Styne, Cy Coleman, and the Velvet Fog himself.

Great shows-- Funny Girl, South Pacific, Evita, Les Misérables --and the great songs you forgot were in them: the stealth ballads that fly under the radar and break your heart. Streisand, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Julie Andrews and more.

The sidekicks and supporting players that kept Broadway in stitches for decades: scene-stealers from The Producers, Waitress, Guys and Dolls , and more.

A survey of songs discussed in your host's brand-new book—yes! "Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America," recently published by Oxford University Press. If you listen to this program every week, this one's for you!

We celebrate "Doc" Simon's bountiful contribution to the American musical, with selections from Promises, Promises; Sweet Charity; Little Me ; and more.

We motor our way to Detroit with the radio on: Motown's best artists--Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, the Jackson 5--get it together and knock some Broadway classics out of the ballpark!

During vacation week, we're trading in Broadway for Hollywood and Vine: great title movie themes from the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, sung by Andy Williams, Dick Haymes, Peggy Lee, Tom Jones, Sinatra and many more.

Oh, what a star role, oh, what a show!  We'll tango through Lloyd Webber and Rice's score with a roundelay of Evas: Patti LuPone, Elaine Paige, Elena Roger, and Madonna.

The decade of the 1940s was Broadway's greatest game changer: original cast recordings of Pal Joey, Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific and so much more.

We present the Wham of Sam at its swingingest: Broadway songs rendered over four decades from The Pajama Game, Carousel, Sweet Charity, Les Miz, and more.

The Lerner/Lane score returns (fittingly) from the past with versions from Barbra Streisand, Barbara Harris, Steve Lawrence, Oscar Peterson, and the current Daisy, Melissa Errico.

Find your own special island as we hop from one musical spot to the next: songs from Once on This Island, Come From Away, South Pacific, Pacific Overtures , and more.

What better way to spend July 4th weekend than with the original John Adams from 1776? An encore episode as William Daniels spends a special hour, live in our studio, talking about his distinguished career. I say vote "Yes!"

We're joined by Deborah Grace Winer to celebrate those great ladies--Betty Comden, Dorothy Fields, Carolyn Leigh and more--in anticipation of the concert "Baby Dream Your Dream" at East Hampton's Guild Hall.

Celebrate proud papas and powerful patriarchs with a special sneak preview of Joshua Henry's "Soliloquy" from the current Carouse l, rounding out an hour of songs from Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Ragtime and more.

Ease into Sunday night's telecast with the Tony Awards from 50 years ago! All the major nominees and winners, including Robert Goulet, Leslie Uggams, Steve Lawrence, Melina Mercouri and more--what a wacky time!

Get ready for the 2018 Tony Awards with musical selections from The Band's Visit, Frozen, SpongeBob, Mean Girls, Carousel, My Fair Lady , and the other nominees. Your one-stop shopping for this season's hits.

We're joined in the studio by author Todd S. Purdum to discuss the wonderful world of Rodgers and Hammerstein from his brand-new book that chronicles their revolutionary collaboration. Songs from all the major shows performed by Julie Andrews, Leslie Odom, Jr., Barbara Cook, and many others.

We provide a sneak preview of Audra McDonald's latest album--weeks ahead of its release in stores. Backed by the New York Philharmonic, Audra turns her titanic talents to Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Adam Guettel and more.

ROYAL WEDDING Get ready for a front-pew seat celebrating next week's dynastic nuptials; framed by the score from the Fred Astaire/Jane Powell film, we'll look at musical marriages from Annie Get Your Gun, Company, and Fiddler on the Roof .

With the team's My Fair Lady ensconced at Lincoln Center, wouldn't it be loverly to hear some Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe? Popular recordings of their masterpieces from Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and the songwriters themselves.