Broadway to Main Street

Harold Rome, that is. In honor of the new revival of I Can Get It For You Wholesale , we've an all-star cast celebrating his work, including Tony Bennett, Eddie Fisher, the Andrews Sisters, Mel Tormé, and a gal named Barbra. 

Goood eeeevening! This is Count Larry Maslon from Blood-vay to Main Street. This week's Halloween special features numbers from Frozen, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot , and the London cast album of Young Frankenstein . Wooo-ooo!

Smile on us as we play ditties of the deities to tee up the concert version of The Frogs, produced by MasterVoices. Out of This World, Two by Two, Xanadu, Hadestown, and more .

Friendship--old friends, new friends, buddies, and pals. Inspired by the new Merrily We Roll Along revival, we support camaraderie in all its forms: singers include Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, James Monroe Inglehart, Bryce Pinkham, and more.

The joint is jumpin' as we look at an extraordinary era of achievement on the Broadway stage: shows like Purlie, Raisin, Ain't Misbehavin' and the talents of Melba Moore, Andre De Shields, Debbie Allen, Gregory Hines, and more.

We look at Sweeney's latest resurrection via the newly released cast album, plus exceptional performances from the past including Angela Lansbury, Bryn Terfel, Audra McDonald and more; it's too good at least.

Wonderful songs from shows that never got an original cast album, performed by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Lena Horne, Bing Crosby, Robert Goulet and more .

A zippy overview of original film musicals that transformed on Broadway: movie and stage versions of Gigi, 42nd Street, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins , and more.

The sweetest sounds on Broadway are songs about, well, songs--and how the stage is alive with the sound of music. Performers include Barbra Streisand, Lea Michele, John Travolta, Keith Michell and much more.

Come with us and we'll make music--honoring the beloved leading lady Inga Swenson who recently left us. All the highlights from 110 in the Shade, Baker Street , and many more rare recordings.

Our annual salute to great film composers flies around the world in the '60s and '70s: Mancini, Rota, Morricone, John Addison, and John Williams abetted by Streisand, Céline Dion, Shirley Bassey, Julie Andrews and more.

Still more unsung champions of the Broadway songbook--if you don't know them, you should: Veronica Swift, Wesla Whitfield, Joe Mooney, Toni Tenniille, and more--even a little Johnny Mathis.

It's good to hear her, isn't it?  We're devoting an entire episode to Kristin Chenoweth--who joins us in the virtual studio! Songs from Wicked, On the 20th Century, Schmigadoon and more.

Once upon a time, there was a giant of the American popular songbook. We put together a special tribute to Tony Bennett and his incomparable repertoire of Broadway songs.

George Gershwin and Oscar Levant composed one of popular music's most idiosyncratic relationships, as seen in the new play, "Good Night Oscar." That show's Gershw in, John Zdrojeski, joins us for an hour of music by them both, including Levant's immortal recording of "Rhapsody in Blue."

A tribute to a giant of the musical theater with a human heart; a rebroadcast of our 2013 in-studio interview with Sheldon. Songs from The Rothschilds, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, Fiorello! , and more.

As a run-up to his June 30th concert at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center,  we have an new interview with the greatest leading man of his generation, with a deep survey of his career: Ragtime, Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me Kate and more.

Great dads from the American musical, struggling for a living, feeding their families, sharing their happiness and tears. Songs from Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel, Falsettos , and more.

Start spreading the news--the Tony season is in full swing and we are swinging with our annual preview, playing songs from all five nominees: New York New York, Shucked, Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like It Hot , and & Juliet . It's your best seat in the house .

There was a lot of magic to do 50 years ago as Pippin faced off against A Little Night Music . Join us--as we look at all the nominees and winners, including Ben Vereen, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Morse, and more.

Get the ice out and raise a toast to celebrate a new book by your host, Laurence Maslon--"I'll Drink to That! Broadway Cocktails"--with intoxicating songs from Company, Les Miserables, High Society, Gig i and more.

The mercury is up to 93 this week as author Richard Barrios joins us to discuss his new book, the musical talents of Marilyn, and her legacy. Songs from her films as well as various musical projects she inspired.

Broadway to Main Street is a most congenial spot as we look at a variety of pop recordings from Lerner and Loewe's score to Camelot ; no Burton, no Andrews, no Goulet--but Mel Tormé, Aretha Franklin, André Previn, Johnny Mathis, and more.

Consider yourself well in, my dears, as we spend an hour with this enduring Lionel Bart classic. Performances from a multitude of cast albums, plus Shirley Bassey, Irene Kral, Alma Cogan and--well--MORE!

Give three cheers and one cheer more! David Garrison joins us for an episode celebrating G&S and the American musicals they inspired; performers include Garrison himself plus Linda Ronstadt, Groucho Marx, Sutton Foster, and more .