The Pajama Game
Is the game we're in, celebrating the musical's 70th anniversary this spring. All the classic Adler/Ross songs in renditions by Doris Day, Harry Connick Jr., Rosemary Clooney, and more.
Mar 24, 2024•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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Episodes
Steve Lawrence
Our tribute to a Broadway star and one of the very best singers of the Broadway songbook. Musical numbers, of course, from What Makes Sammy Run? and Golden Rainbow , and songs from She Loves Me, Golden Boy, High Spirits , and more.
Mar 17, 2024•54 min
Oscar Bait
OSCAR BAIT We're hopelessly devoted to the Academy Awards. This episode, we look at the songs written expressly for film adaptations of Broadway shows. Sinatra, Madonna, Streisand, Minnelli, and many more.
Mar 10, 2024•54 min
Lionel Bart
A tribute to the indomitable creator of Oliver!, From Russia With Love , and so many more--songs performed by Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters and many others: whatever we got, we share!
Mar 03, 2024•54 min
Jukebox Jamboree, Part II
We're turning back time to indulge in the jukebox musicals of the last 25 years: The Cher Show, Movin' Out, Jersey Boys, MJ the Musical and so much more.
Feb 26, 2024•54 min
Cole Porter in Hollywood
Highlights from the great songs in Porter's film musicals, rendered by a sensational company of greats: Bing Crosby, Barbra Streisand, Fred Astaire, Nancy Wilson, and more.
Feb 19, 2024•54 min
Chita Rivera Tribute
Everything is Rosie as we honor a Broadway legend with songs from all her major hits (and some off-beat notes as well).
Feb 06, 2024•54 min
Perfect Harmony
We look at some of the most perfect harmonic moments from the Broadway canon; four-part wonders from Harmony, Sunday in the Park with George, The Music Man and more.
Jan 29, 2024•54 min
Among My Yesterdays
Celebrating the start of our 13th (!) lucky year on the air, I look at the eclectic compendium of the shows that made such a strong impression on me growing up: "It's a Bird . . .It's a Plane. . . .It's SUPERMAN!," Baker Street, Minnie's Boys, Golden Boy and more.
Jan 22, 2024•54 min
Maestro
To frame the new biopic of Leonard Bernstein (courtesy of Bradley Cooper), we look at all of the Maestro's Broadway music used in the film, plus additional performances by Comden and Green, Audra McDonald, Boris Karloff, Nell Carter and more.
Jan 07, 2024•54 min
Memories of You 2023
Our annual look at the musical theatre giants who left us in 2023: Fiddler on the Roof' s Topol, Sheldon Harnick, and Joanna Merlin, as well as Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Inga Swenson, and more.
Dec 31, 2023•54 min
The 2023 Holiday Show
We're all alone with Christopher Fitzgerald--currently shouldering a heavy load in SPAMALOT--as we stir up a holiday punch bowls of Yuletide classics and songs from Waitress, Young Frankenstein , and many more.
Dec 25, 2023•54 min
Stocking Stuffers 2023
Here's a Santa's bag full of potential purchases for the show tune fan in your life (like you!). Selections from cast albums to Merrily We Roll Along, Harmony, Sweeney Todd , plus performances by Petula Clark, Julie Benko and more.
Dec 17, 2023•54 min
My Show is Barbra, Part Two
Our follow-up companion to Streisand's new memoir (hey, it's a long book..!). This features Babs from 1978 to the present day; songs by Sondheim, Lloyd Webber, Anthony Newley and more.
Dec 03, 2023•54 min
The Museum of Broadway
It's hot up here! We're live at New York's Museum of Broadway with its co-founder Julie Boardman Join us on a journey through its myriad charms, underscored with music from The Phantom of the Opera, Six, Oklahoma!, and more.
Nov 19, 2023•54 min
My Show is Barbra, Part One
Well, the book is out, so you might as well buy it, get a comfy chair, and listen along. Streisand's major work up through 1973, keyed to major moments in her new memoir--"A Sleeping Bee," "My Man, and many more.
Nov 13, 2023•55 min
When in Rome
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.
Nov 05, 2023•54 min
Monster Mash-Up
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!
Oct 29, 2023•55 min
Gods of the Theatre
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.
Oct 22, 2023•54 min
The Perfect Blendship
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.
Oct 15, 2023•54 min
Black Musicals of the 1970s
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.
Oct 09, 2023•54 min
Sweeney Todd
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.
Oct 02, 2023•54 min
14 Songs in Search of a Cast Album
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.
Sep 24, 2023•54 min
Movie Musicals on the Main Stem
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.
Sep 17, 2023•54 min
Coming Back Like a Song
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.
Sep 10, 2023•54 min
Inga Swenson Tribute
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.
Aug 28, 2023•54 min
Film Composers International
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.
Aug 21, 2023•55 min
Still Other Voices, Other Stages
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.
Aug 06, 2023•54 min
Kristin Chenoweth
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.
Jul 30, 2023•56 min
Tony Bennett
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.
Jul 23, 2023•54 min
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