ON BROADWAY

Interview with Laiona Michelle , the creator and star of the one-woman musical, Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical , about the life and music of the legendary Nina Simone. The show plays on the grounds of the historic Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT through August 29, 2021 before moving to Off-Broadway in Fall 2021. Information at www.goodspeed.org

My guest is Peter von Mayrhauser, who has been a stage manager and producer on Broadway for 40 years. He’ll discuss his memories of the hits … and flops from musicals during their Boston tryouts. We’ll talk about Mame, Funny Girl, Subways are for Sleeping, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, and more.

For our third edition in this series, we feature selections from shows that include: Mean Girls, Ghost - the Musical, Hamilton, The Prom, Finding Neverland, Groundhog Day, and more.

For Musical Potpourri #2 we feature selections from shows that include The Golden Apple, The Sound of Music, Hairspray, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Sunset Boulevard, and Miss Saigon.

Selections from a variety of musicals including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, No Strings, The Wiz, Something Rotten, and Les Miserables.

We continue to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the birth of composer Cole Porter, featuring music from such shows as Something for the Boys, Mexican Hayride, Kiss Me, Kate, Out of This World, Can-Can, and Silk Stockings.  

We celebrate the 130th anniversary of the birth of composer Cole Porter, featuring music from such shows as Fifty Million Frenchmen; The New Yorkers; Anything Goes; Red, Hot, and Blue; You Never Know; and Leave It to Me!

I interview Rick Pender, the editor of the recently published Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia. We talk about the process for putting the book together, Sondheim's career, and some interesting Sondheim fun facts.

In this episode Stuart Brown interviews Kevin Connors, founder and Executive Artistic Director of Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk. MTC was one of only three theaters in the country that Actor’s Equity allowed for in-person performances this past fall.

Interview with Charles Kirsch, a 13-year old theater critic for BroadwayWorld.com and host of the podcast, Backstage Babble , He also has a theater blog, which is available at cbroadwayblog.blogspot.com .

Stuart and Marissa interview actor Blake Hammond, who has appeared in numerous Broadway productions and national tours. He also talks about shows that never made it to New York. Anyone ever hear of Theda Bara and the Frontier Rabbi ?

In this episode, Stuart Brown is joined by Marissa Perry to interview musical theater lyricist Susan Birkenhead who has written numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals. She also talks about her new Broadway musical – Betty Boop .

Actress Marissa Perry joins Stuart Brown as co-host of the podcast for a limited run. In this episode, as a way to introduce Marissa, she relates some inspirational and heart-wrenching stories that are inspirational as well as instructive.

We honor Broadway composers that have won the Academy Award for Best Song. Composers/composing teams include Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Lerner and Loewe and more.

We celebrate Black History Month, Part 2, in this episode featuring such African-American performers as Audra McDonald, Cynthia Erivo, Gregory Hines, Jennifer Holiday, and others.

We celebrate Black History Month in this episode featuring such African-American performers as Pearl Bailey, Ben Vereen, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Hedley, and others.

For this episode, an assortment of musical selections from the Off-Broadway and Broadway stages.

During this time of COVID, we need to connect with our friends and socially engage with them, whether at a distance or online. To inspire listeners to connect, all songs on this episode deal with friendship.

The first of two politically apolitical episodes. This week, simply, Goodbye to the current administration in Washington, D.C.

When this? When that? All songs tonight answer this time-challenged question.

We celebrate the anniversary of composer Jule Styne's birth, born on December 31, 1905. Selections from over a dozen of his musicals are presented including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Gypsy, and Funny Girl.

In memory of Rebecca Luker, who passed away on Wednesday, December 23 at age 59, we play selections from her Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals, from studio cast recordings she sang on, selections from her solo recordings and other collections.

New England got socked by a Nor'easter during the taping of this episode so why not play songs about snow and, as it warmed up, rain.

During these troubled times, we dream about life getting back to normal, the upcoming holiday season, and the reopening of theaters across the globe. With this in mind, all songs on this episode will have "Dream" in the title.

For this holiday weekend we celebrate with songs of home, wherever home may be for this year.