Broadway to Main Street

A tribute to the composer who took the mid-1970s by storm and won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, a Grammy, and a Pulitzer Prize.

A retrospective of Noel Coward's influence on the American scene; starting with his Las Vegas appearances in 1955, through the Broadway musicals Sail Away, The Girl Who Came to Supper, and High Spirits.

The first of our two-part tribute to the Master, featuring songs originating from England in the 1920s and 1930s.

Highlights from the "Comedy Tonight!" concert from Guild Hall in East Hampton (July 29, 2012).

Jazz writer and critic Will Friedwald joins us in bringing the Broadway songbook to the boites and hangouts along 52nd Street.

An overview of Broadway's greatest comic figures who rose from the bottom of the bunch to become superstars.

Our Independence Day broadcast highlights--of course--the Tony Award-winning 1776.

The sound of Tony Bennett is one of my favorite things; so is the music of Richard Rodgers.

Broadway's proudest papas and most popular patriarchs are celebrated in this broadcast: dads (and tads) sing their hearts out from Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Ragtime, The Rothschilds, Carousel and more.

An overview of the contenders for the 2012 Tony Awards, including selections from all the major musical categories.

Songs from The Most Happy Fella, Golden Boy, Grease, Rags, Porgy and Bess, Sugar, and some assorted Hollywood surprises.

In honor of our brave men and women who served in the Second World War, Ted Chapin (president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization) joins us for a virtual tour of the Stage Door Canteen and the songs that celebrated America on the homefront.

The 20th of May is Eliza Doolittle Day and, to celebrate, we present an entire hour of Lerner and Loewe's classic score to one of Broadway's greatest shows.

Some of Broadway's most impressive (and implacable) moms, with knock-out performances by, among others, Laura Benanti, Sherie Rene Scott, Bobby Short, Lea Michele, Audra McDonald, Robert Weede, and Liz Callaway.

Thirteen years without the legal manufacture of booze brought some intoxicating music out of the Broadway stage, both during and after the fact.

Springtime brings happy plots that end in a marriage knot; here's a sampling of Broadway's best, from shows as diverse as Of Thee I Sing, Dance a Little Closer, Zorba, The Rink, and, of course, Company.

In a tribute to the theatrical season that put the biographies of Eva Peron and Judy Garland onstage, a look at some of the real-life girls who found their real lives immortalized in Broadway musicals.

The greatest lyricist of all time? Well, it could be the playwright whose birthday we celebrate this week: William Shakespeare, the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon.

The idea of turning movies into musicals is not purely a recent phenomenon. This episode looks at the Broadway shows from 1953 to 1973 that were based on films.

The Broadway tradition owes much of its identity to artists who came to this country to claim the American dream. Here is a celebration of the trials and tribulations of the immigrant experience.

We all know about the hit songs from Broadway blockbusters that have entered the mainstream. But, what about the hit songs that lived on well after the stage shows that spawned them have faded and been forgotten?

Oscar Hammerstein's gift for dramatic, complex, and inspirational storytelling is second to none in the musical theater. But what about his sense of humor? This episode celebrates the overlooked part of his songbook: his comedy material.

Two great American institutions: the Broadway musical and the comic strip. Here, they converge to provide a mixture of delight and laughter, featuring all your favorites.

Podcast Episode

A grateful tribute to the pop stars who made way, in the middle of extensive performing careers, to come to Broadway and give their all for eight performances a week.