Anyone Can Whistle
Come play wiz us as we celebrate Stephen Sondheim's unique score with Ted Sperling, artistic director of MasterVoices. Angela Lansbury, Lee Remick, plus Madeline Kahn, Mandy Patinkin, Steve Lawrence and more.
Feb 28, 2022•54 min
Broadway to Main Street
Hosted by Laurence Maslon, BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET is a weekly radio program devoted to the greatest songs of the American Musical Theater. Originating from WPPB 88.3FM on Long Island's East End, each weekly episode
celebrates the shows, stars, songwriters, and cultural phenomena that makes Broadway a legendary place. Music taken from classic original cast albums, film, cabaret, rare recordings, and unique interpretations, with commentary, guest appearances, and news from Broadway.
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Meredith Willson
A big parade of songs by The Music Man' s music man. Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Tammy Grimes lead off, of course, but Perry Como, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., and a famous quartet (not barbershop) from Liverpool follow right behind.
Feb 20, 2022•54 min
Dean Martin Loves Broadway (Sometime)
Dino's Broadway canon is selective but swinging, pally. The King of Cool staggers through classic songs by Lerner and Loewe, Jule Styne, Comden and Green, Rodgers and Hart, and more.
Feb 07, 2022•54 min
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Such lovely Dick Rodgers-y music, how can you be still? Our tribute to the 1965 musical, with lyrics by Sondheim, performed by the original cast, plus Eydie Gormé, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne and more.
Jan 30, 2022•54 min
Come Blow Your Horn
Broadway sounds its trumpet on-stage and off, with great performances of "brassy" material by Ethel Merman, Barbra Streisand and more, along with solos from the likes of Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and other cornet men.
Jan 23, 2022•55 min
Old Friends
We kick off our second decade on the air by visiting with some very special friends from over the last ten years: David Garrison, Ann Harada, Lewis J. Stadlen, Veanne Cox, Malcolm Gets, Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano sharing stories and songs. Here's to us!
Jan 16, 2022•54 min
I'll Drink to That!
The perfect remedy for a New Year's hangover: songs about bibulous imbibers from across the Broadway decades, sung by Patti LuPone, Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason and more. And one for Mahler!
Jan 02, 2022•55 min
West Side Stories
For your holiday delectation, I'm joined by West Side Story expert, author Richard Barrios, to examine the 1957 Broadway version, the 1961 film, and the vibrant new Spielberg movie.
Dec 26, 2021•55 min
The 2021 Holiday Show
Our holiday angel this year is the Queen of Broadway, Judy Kaye. Judy shares some of her favorite songs of the season--sung by Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and others--and we get a cornucopia of her own performances with material by Sondheim, Coleman, Blitzstein, and Bernstein.
Dec 19, 2021•55 min
Stocking Stuffers
A sampling of the most exciting new Broadway-esque music releases for the holiday season. Performers include Kristen Chenoweth, Sierra Boggess, Ansel Elgort, and others with songs by Sondheim, Bacharach, Lloyd Webber, Rodgers and more.
Dec 12, 2021•54 min
Sondheim (By My Side)
A very personal tribute to Stephen Sondheim, through decades of discovering his works and playing my (and his) favorites. Songs and renditions, well-known and obscure, from COMPANY, SWEENEY TODD, PACIFIC OVERTURES and more.
Dec 06, 2021•54 min
Sondheim's American Century (2021)
As a tribute to the greatest songwriter of Broadway's last half-century, we remember Stephen Sondheim with an encore of this 2018 broadcast--a musical march through the 20th Century, from the maestro's point of view. A special new memorial broadcast will appear next week.
Nov 29, 2021•54 min
Kern and Hammerstein
One of the most enduring partnerships in American music, with songs sung by Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Rebecca Luker, Nina Simone--and the lyricist himself!
Nov 22, 2021•54 min
Broadway on the March
On Broadway, the people sing of progress, politics, and passion. Here are the great anthems for social change over the last century from Les Misérables, Hair, Ragtime, Caroline or Change , and more.
Nov 14, 2021•54 min
Leslie Bricusse
A celebration of the songwriting Candy Man behind Stop the World, Roar of the Greasepaint, Willy Wonka, Scroog e, and many more. Songs performed by Anthony Newley, Sammy Davis, Jr., Julie Andrews, along with other magical performers.
Nov 08, 2021•54 min
I Sing Dead People
Our annual Halloween special on "Blood-vay to Main Street" actually falls on Halloween this year--scary, kids!! Count Larry Maslon takes you on a tour of show tunes sung to characters in The Great Beyond--ghosts, ghouls, and zombies (sort of) from Carousel, Les Misèrables, The Lion King and more.
Oct 31, 2021•54 min
Kurt Weill's Hit Parade
The great composer conquered the pop charts in the 1940s and 50s. Here are tremendous songs that span the entire arc of his career, rendered by, among others, Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Sammy Davis Jr., and, of course, Bobby Darin.
Oct 24, 2021•56 min
Tin Pan Alley
C'mon along as we present a repertoire of the most important Tin Pan Alley songs of the early 20th Century, rendered by Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Laurel and Hardy--and more!
Oct 17, 2021•55 min
Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano
A lovely day with the finest cabaret duo of our time, live in our virtual studio, selecting souvenirs of great Broadway songs from Hello, Dolly!, Li'l Abner, St. Louis Woman, Golden Boy and more.
Oct 10, 2021•54 min
City of Angels
Film noir and film studios collide in this complex and comical Tony winner from 1989. We highlight Cy Coleman and David Zippel's score and all the cool jazz antecedents that inspired it.
Oct 03, 2021•54 min
Aretha Reigns on Broadway
The Queen of Soul had an impressive Broadway songbook--Aretha Franklin lends her passion and skill to songs from "Porgy and Bess," "Funny Girl, "Camelot," "Les Miz" and more.
Sep 27, 2021•54 min
Film Composers Center Stage
Our annual celebration of film composers is brought to a new level with our guest Steven C. Smith, who conducts us on a tour of great composers--Max Steiner, David Raksin, Bernard Herrmann, and more--and their work on film and on stage.
Sep 19, 2021•55 min
Nancy Walker
A quicker picker-upper to celebrate four decades of a true Broadway original. Songs from On The Town, Do Re Mi , plus rare recordings of Ms. Walker singing Sondheim, Kern, Gershwin and others.
Sep 12, 2021•54 min
Back on Broadway
It’s still here. We welcome the return of live productions on Broadway with a bouquet of songs celebrating indomitability, change, and survival. Some of Broadway’s greatest—Merman, Streisand, Hudson, Bacall, Jolson, and more—clear the decks for a bright and rosy future.
Sep 05, 2021•54 min
The Maestro of the Cast Album
Goddard Lieberson produced some of the most admired and beloved Broadway cast albums of all time at Columbia Records: South Pacific, My Fair Lady, A Little Night Music, A Chorus Line and more. A toast to the highlights of his incredible achievements.
Aug 15, 2021•54 min
Camelot (2021)
To honor Bay Street Theater's August concerts under the stars, we march through Lerner and Loewe's classic score with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, plus Richard Harris, Mel Torme, Chris Connor and more.
Aug 10, 2021•54 min
Allegro
The most unique of all of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, discussed in exquisite detail with our special guest, Ted Chapin. Renditions by Tony Bennett, Audra McDonald, Coleman Hawkins, among others.
Jul 25, 2021•54 min
Summertime
And the living is...you know the rest. Great songs from the Broadway stage about the joys of the season, from Grease to The Most Happy Fella to Porgy and Bess to Mamma Mia!
Jul 18, 2021•54 min
Other Voices, Other Stages
Unsung champions of the Broadway songbook--if you don't know them, you should: Jackie and Roy, Lee Wiley, Buddy Clark, Felicia Sanders, Matt Monro, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and more.
Jul 12, 2021•54 min
Marc Blitzstein
A tribute to one of the American Musical Theatre's most ambitious songwriters. We're joined by Steven Blier, artistic director of the New York Festival of Song, plus amazing renditions of Blitzstein's work by Patti LuPone, Rosemary Clooney, Audra McDonald, Paul Robeson and more.
Jun 27, 2021•54 min
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