Broadway To Main Street

A springtime bouquet of show tunes cultivated to make your heart go dancing, sung by Barbra Streisand, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Eydie Gormé, Derek Klena, Elaine Stritch, Noël Coward and more.

An hour from Kurt Weill’s extraordinarily inventive Broadway catalogue. Original renditions combine with new interpretations by such performers as Mary Martin, Gertrude Lawrence, Melissa Errico, Lotte Lenya, Donna Murphy—even the composer himself.

Return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, when Broadway stars ruled the radio airwaves! Here's an all-star line-up of great Broadway performers and songwriters delivering rare and exciting moments only heard live on radio: Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Groucho Marx, and many more.

Great tunes from the Great Depression, brought to life by a newer generation: Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin and more.  

We celebrate the singing--in the rain and otherwise--of one of our greatest song-and-dance men. Joining Gene are Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, as well as some rare Pal Joey recordings.

You've been invited to a swell-egant, elegant party. On the guest list: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Noel Coward, Idina Menzel, Nat King Cole, Judy Holliday, Sammy Davis, Jr. and more.

Adam Guettel's astonishing song cycle transforms into a multiple-episode virtual presentation by MasterVoices. Its artistic director, Ted Sperling, joins us to look at this work along with performances by Audra McDonald, Renee Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Mandy Patinkin and more.

Truer than the red, hot, and blue! A valentine to our listeners with love songs from Carousel, Show Boat, The Color Purple, and many more.

It's the best of times with Jerry Herman's enduring score to this groundbreaking musical. Performances from the original Broadway cast, plus Keith Michell, Gary Beach, Douglas Hodge, Gloria Gaynor and the composer himself.  

Our concluding look at the fascinating idiosyncratic gems that didn't transfer directly to Broadway, from the mid-1970s to today: The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Hello Again, Floyd Collins and so many more.

The little shows that could--from every corner of Manhattan--beginning in the 1950s through the mid-1970s: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Fantasticks; The Threepenny Opera; Jacques Brel; Godspell and so many more.

New windows! Blue skies! Happy days! The American musical tackles the bright promise of the future. Songs from Mame, Aladdin, The Boy from Oz and many, many more  

  We begin our tenth year of broadcasting with a decade-by-decade celebration of moments from the greatest musicals of the last 120 years: My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, The Lion King, Hamilton and more.  

At the conclusion of challenging year, we remember the talents who sang and danced off to another venue, stage right: Ann Reinking, Jerry Herman, Terrence McNally, and more.

Our gift to you is the most hilarious elf we know, Randy Rainbow, joining us live for our Holiday Show, spreading comfort and joy, picking holiday favorites, and plugging his "Hey Gurl, It's Christmas!" album.  

Start spreading the news: we're celebrating one of the greatest creative partnerships in musical theater. Liza's classics and some rarities from The Act, Cabaret, Flora the Red Menace, and more.

Strictly entre nous, we're offering thanks for the memory of home and hearth from seasons past--with songs from The WIz, Allegro, Oliver!, The Most Happy Fella and many more.  

There's nothing that Broadway likes better than a proper musical "farewell." Here are some graceful "exit stage right"s from Hamilton, She Loves Me, Hello Dolly!, Promises Promises, and more.

To celebrate the upcoming PBS/Great Performances airing of "Holiday Inn," we'll face the music and dance along with Irving Berlin's great Hollywood songs, performed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman and more.

Here's our program would be like back in 1971; songs from shows currently running--Follies, No No Nanette--and a special visit in our studio with the young Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber with their concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar.