Broadway To Main Street

This great singer made the Broadway songbook one of his favorite things. We honor his legacy with his selections from Man of La Mancha, Little Me, She Loves Me, and many, many more.

It's witchcraft--and a great season for witches on "Blood-vay to Main Street'! Count Larry Maslon cooks up a cauldron of tunes from Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz and more.

It's great big show on "Broadway to Main Street": Norbert Leo Butz joins us for selections from The Last Five Years, Dirty Rotten Soundrels, My Fair Lady, and more.

Let the drums roll out--MasterVoices leader Ted Sperling joins me to discuss this new version of the Gershwins/Kaufman classic musicals, with songs in renditions by Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tony Bennett and more.

Birthdays and Broadway: from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown--with a lot of birthday candles in-between.

We welcome in 5785 with a repertoire of great Jewish influences on the Broadway musical: Al Jolson, Fiddler on the Roof, Fanny Brice, Harmony and so much more.

Our tribute to the "King of Café Society" includes indelible performances of material by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Noël Coward and more.

All you have to do is dream--and tune into our broadcast: Jennifers Holliday and Hudson, Beyoncé, Audra McDonald, Diana Ross and more deliver one of the great scores of the 1980s.

Cheers to the Master on his 125th birthday; we look at his fine art of songwriting through some modern singers, including Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Paul McCartney, Barbara Fasano and more. (Supported by the Noel Coward Foundation.)

It's a new season and new beginnings abound: rousing numbers for the fall from Sweet Charity, The Wiz, 13, Mame, Seesaw, and more.

Woof! To showcase the current production of Young Frankenstein The Musical at Bay Street Theater, we look again at Mel Brooks's many forays into musical theatre: Madeline Kahn, Nathan Lane, Mel himself and more.

It's a Man-cin-tennial: great songs with music by legendary composer Henry Mancini, performed by an all-star ensemble: Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Steve Lawrence, Julie Andrews and more. 

Glowin', crowin', and still goin' strong--we look at the Divine Miss M's career and her devotion to the Broadway songbook with author Kevin Winkler.

Mature characters and mature perspectives: let's listen to the wisdom of age. Songs from Pippin, A Little Night Music, Knickerbocker Holiday, Take Me Along and more.

Few pop singers captured the Broadway songbook as well as Margaret Whiting; here's to her 100th with show tunes by Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart and many more.

Look--a new broadcast has begun. Our first episode on this groundbreaking show, meow and forever. Original London cast, Broadway cast and a few surprises.

Novels, short stories, historical events, comic strips, even paintings--they said it couldn't be done, but the geniuses of the American musical did it! My Fair Lady, 1776, Annie, Sunday in the Park Hamilton and more!

The perfect Fourth of July musical. So, sit down for an hour with this classic as we hear the Broadway cast and the rare film soundtrack, united for posterity.

An overview of this year's 2024 Tony Awards. Selections from all the major nominees: Hell's Kitchen, The Outsiders, Suffs, Merrily We Roll Along, and more.

In our run-up to the 2024 Tonys, we look at Broadway 50 years ago: Raisin, Seesaw, Over Here! plus performances by Christopher Plummer, Michelle Lee, Alfred Drake, Lewis J. Stadlen and more.