In preparation for the 2014 Tony Awards, we look at life with Tony 50 years ago: shows like Funny Girl, She Loves Me, 110 in the Shade and Hello, Dolly!, the night's grand champion.
Jun 01, 2014•59 min
The music is sweet, the words are true: Jerome Kern was one of America's most glorious composers.
May 18, 2014•59 min
Here are seven giants of the American musical: Ethel Merman, Elaine Strich, Howard Keel, Mandy Patinkin, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, and Barbara Cook--each singing one of their greatest songs twice--with a lifetime's experience between each version.
May 04, 2014•59 min
In this episode, Broadway to Main Street gives 'em the "ooh-la-la": musicals with a French accent, in honor of Irma La Douce – that rarity, a great French musical.
Apr 27, 2014•59 min
Broadway to Main Street celebrates the Prince of Broadway, with songs from shows he wrote—Jubilee, As Thousands Cheer, Lady in the Dark—and shows he directed—My Fair Lady, Camelot, along with some choices selections from the man himself.
Apr 20, 2014•59 min
Standards and rarities from the songbooks of Rodgers and Hart, Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Arlen and Mercer and others, performed by Sammy Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Christopher Plummer, and many more.
Apr 13, 2014•1 hr
Forget the whole-a Napa Valley – the most happy listeners will be among the vineyards of the East End as we celebrate one of the finest scores in musical theater history: THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.
Mar 23, 2014•59 min
Cole Porter's KISS ME, KATE is wunderbar from start to finish, so enjoy this 1948 masterpiece with us, featuring Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Marin Mazzie & Co. joined by Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Keely Smith.
Mar 16, 2014•59 min
She was one of the most original voices of the 20th Century. Nina Simone devoted her life and her career to a variety of styles: blues, jazz, protest songs, but she always loved the classic Broadway songbook.
Mar 09, 2014•36 min
This program is a veritable Hooray For Hollywood: an hour devoted to those songs written expressly for the film versions of classic Broadway shows.
Mar 02, 2014•39 min
This week on BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, we look at the tensions between "Upstairs, Downstairs": master and servant, mistress and maid, in the American musical.
Feb 16, 2014•59 min
Bing Crosby is joined by Fred Astaire, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, and Rosemary Clooney to pay tribute to Irving Berlin and his tunes, which became indelibly linked to the American consciousness.
Feb 02, 2014•59 min
A look at Sid Caesar's contribution to comedy and Broadway, along with the "Your Show of Shows" Writers's Room geniuses: Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, and Michael Stewart.
Jan 26, 2014•59 min
This Sunday, January 5th, we're celebrating the second anniversary of our show: "It Takes Two". Songs that do double duty to present double the pleasure, double the fun.
Jan 15, 2014•59 min
On this program, we're joined by producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper, author of "Untold Stories of Broadway," who'll take us on a musical tour of the secrets to be discovered at Broadway theaters.
Jan 12, 2014•59 min
We're opening a new window onto 2014 this week on BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET with songs that look to the New Year with resolution, fortitude, and optimism.
Dec 31, 2013•59 min
Special guest Ann Harada helps us trip lightly through great holiday numbers from Meet Me in St. Louis, She Loves Me, and The Sound of Music, as well as classics performed by Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Tony Bennett and others.
Dec 22, 2013•59 min
On this episode of BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, I'll be looking at "Songs My Father Taught Me"; a generation's worth of great music, stretching back to the 1920s.
Dec 08, 2013•59 min
This week, in which America has shared its memories of JFK and his legacy, we turn to what was, by all accounts, his favorite musical and the show which defined an era: CAMELOT.
Nov 24, 2013•59 min
Jo Stafford was America's favorite pop singer of the 1940s and 50s; she had a real affinity for the Broadway songbook, and for the songs of Frank Loesser in particular.
Nov 10, 2013•59 min
Is there a key to success in a Broadway musical? Irving Berlin thought there were 88 keys – and that's what we celebrate on our broadcast: "I Love a Piano."
Nov 03, 2013•59 min
Ding-dong! It's "Trick or Treat!" on BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, or as our Halloween host refers to it: BLOODVAY TO MAIN STREET.
Oct 27, 2013•59 min
Celebrate the astonishing voice and vibrant personality of Audra McDonald, enthralling us with songs from Ragtime, St. Louis Woman, Porgy and Bess, 110 in the Shade, Annie and others.
Oct 20, 2013•59 min
Discover how Broadway made the transition from the Golden Age to the Age of Aquarius with "Broadway Swings the Sixties", featuring great songs from Bye Bye Birdie, Golden Boy, Man of La Mancha, and Your Own Thing.
Oct 06, 2013•59 min
On "Kurt Weill in Berlin," we celebrate the astonishing early career of one of the world's greatest theater composers.
Sep 29, 2013•7 min
Take my hand – and let me lead you – o, stranger! – through the Paradise that is Wright and Forrest's KISMET.
Sep 22, 2013•59 min
Want a week-end getaway? All aboard for "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," a journey by air, rail, and highway of the musical theater scenery.
Sep 15, 2013•59 min
An anthology of one of America's greatest composer's work for the stage, including numbers from the Cotton Club and shows such as Bloomer Girl, St. Louis Woman, and Jamaica with an all-star cast.
Sep 08, 2013•59 min
This week on BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, we salute Eydie Gorme and her indelible way with a tune with "Eydie (and Steve), featuring songs from Gypsy, On a Clear Day, Golden Rainbow, and Mame.
Aug 25, 2013•59 min
BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET is leaving the Theatre District with this program and playing a wide variety of songs that have NOTHING to do with Broadway: great, great songs from the movies, the pop charts, bossa nova, French chanson and more.
Aug 11, 2013•1 hr 1 min
