Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the classic film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein show, "Broadway to Main Street" extends a long, long way to run straight over the mountains to Salzburg.
Mar 15, 2015•59 min
Here are the Broadway musicals you'd kill for: Sweeney Todd, Baker Street, A Gentlemen's Guide to Love and Murder and many others.
Mar 15, 2015•59 min
Sammy Davis, Jr. and Anthony Newley were musical soulmates: two powerhouse little chaps--one performer, one composer--who rendered some of the most powerful show music of the 1960s and 70s.
Mar 08, 2015•59 min
It was the sweet spot of the Golden Age of the American Musical: the 1950s.
Feb 22, 2015•59 min
They dominated London’s theatre scene in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s—but they never made it across the pond: great British musicals, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Barry, John Williams, and Lionel Bart.
Feb 15, 2015•59 min
To celebrate Valentine's Day we're looking at the early stirrings of love on the Broadway stage--West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, 13--and contrasting it with the kind of love that endures through time--Gigi, Follies, The Bridges of Madison County.
Feb 15, 2015•59 min
Has there ever been a more fascinating rhythm than the feet of Fred Astaire?
Jan 25, 2015•59 min
In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we look at the way that Broadway has dealt with the issue of civil rights, especially in the African American community.
Jan 17, 2015•1 hr
George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Arlen and others sell their own material like nobody else.
Jan 10, 2015•1 hr
Broadway's fairest lady is Julie Andrews and she made her major musical theater appearances singing the words of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.
Dec 28, 2014•59 min
Our annual holiday show features actor/singer/pianist Malcolm Gets, currently in the revival of Allegro.
Dec 14, 2014•59 min
It was the greatest revue of the 1930s, brilliantly crafted by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart, and yet it never had an original cast album and has never been revived on Broadway.
Dec 07, 2014•59 min
Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Broadway's favorite lyricist team, are back with a vengeance.
Nov 23, 2014•59 min
An hour of dark dreams and creepy nightmares from the Broadway stage--including sequences from Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of the Opera, Lady in the Dark, and Oklahoma!
Nov 23, 2014•59 min
Hey, jealous lover! That green-eyed monster, jealousy, rears its musical head this week, with songs of vituperation, envy, sadness, and loss: from The Pajama Game, Kean, Follies, St. Louis Woman and more.
Nov 18, 2014•59 min
In celebration of the new Library of America edition American Musicals (1927-1969): The Complete Book and Lyrics to 16 Broadway Classics, this broadcast will feature a great song from each of these seminal shows.
Nov 08, 2014•59 min
What's more fun that a great Broadway song? Making fun of a great Broadway song!
Oct 19, 2014•59 min
What good is sitting alone in your room--unless you're listening to Broadway to Main Street's tribute to Kander and Ebb's classic examination of Weimar Berlin, Cabaret?
Oct 12, 2014•59 min
The harvest moon shines down on Broadway to Main Street as we look at the coming of autumn, and how the seasonal change reminds us of the land and the good folk who work on it. Songs from Oklahoma!, Shenandoah, Candide, Knickerbocker Holiday, and others.
Oct 05, 2014•59 min
It's a helluva show! On The Town represents New York, New York at its most ebullient and most touching.
Sep 21, 2014•59 min
Experience the full history and tradition of Fiddler on the Roof with a celebration of its score.
Sep 14, 2014•59 min
Our first original broadcast for the fall of 2014 celebrates opening all those new windows and embracing all those new possibilities as September dawns upon us.
Sep 07, 2014•58 min
What are the fifteen most popular songs from the Broadway canon? We'll do a Top 15 Countdown--from West 54th Street to West 41st Street; from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue--of the songs that topped the charts.
Aug 16, 2014•59 min
This hour, celebrating is all-Feinstein, all-Ira, with music by George Gershwin, of course, but also by Harold Arlen, Burton Lane, and Jerome Kern.
Aug 03, 2014•59 min
Come away with us, via Bali Ha'i, to Rodgers and Hammerstein's masterpiece.
Jul 27, 2014•59 min
A special tribute to a special legend: Elaine Stritch.
Jul 20, 2014•59 min
One of the stalwarts who keep Broadway music alive on the stage, in recordings, and on TV, Robert Goulet's commanding baritone and steely charm made him a fan favorite for decades.
Jul 13, 2014•59 min
With all the excitement of the World Cup upon us, Broadway to Main Street will go around the globe in 60 minutes, bringing you show-biz anthems from South America, Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.
Jul 13, 2014•59 min
The 1970s were an incredibly eclectic time in popular music and the Broadway stage was no exception.
Jun 15, 2014•59 min
To celebrate the 2014 Tony Awards, we'll hear a selection of the nominees, plus some of the actresses and actors up for the major awards, including new recordings of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Beautiful, Bridges of Madison County, and others.
Jun 08, 2014•59 min
