Broadway To Main Street

Oscar Hammerstein's gift for dramatic, complex, and inspirational storytelling is second to none in the musical theater. But what about his sense of humor? This episode celebrates the overlooked part of his songbook: his comedy material.

Two great American institutions: the Broadway musical and the comic strip. Here, they converge to provide a mixture of delight and laughter, featuring all your favorites.

Podcast Episode

A grateful tribute to the pop stars who made way, in the middle of extensive performing careers, to come to Broadway and give their all for eight performances a week.

The songs of Richard Rodgers, featuring Chris Connor, Tony Bennett, Diahann Carroll, Julie Andrews, Christine Ebersole, Nicol Williamson, Sergio Franchi, and others.

Songs from The Boys from Syracuse, 110 in the Shade, Jeeves, Robert and Elizabeth, Cyrano, Oklahoma! and, of course, She Loves Me.

On the occasion of the Encores! revival of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth 1981 musical, a backward glance at various versions of this complex score.

Songs from The Cradle Will Rock, Annie, Les Miserables, and others offer inspiration to the struggles of humanity.

Alan Jay Lerner: all highs, but no Loewe. The wonderful lyricist turned to a host of brilliant composers after Camelot.

This special broadcast gives the flavor of both Sondheim's tremendous score and the various period songs of the 20s and 30s that inspired him in writing Follies.

The culminating genius of George and Ira Gershwin came together with DuBose Heyward to create one of the great miracles of the musical stage.

Songs from George M!, [title of show], Follies, 70 Girls 70, and others, this is the rhapsodic kick-off to our show and what it's all about!