Sinopsis
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.
Episodios
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The 2023 Holiday Show
25/12/2023 Duración: 54minWe'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.
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Stocking Stuffers 2023
17/12/2023 Duración: 54minHere'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.
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My Show is Barbra, Part Two
03/12/2023 Duración: 54minOur 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.
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The Museum of Broadway
19/11/2023 Duración: 54minIt'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.
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My Show is Barbra, Part One
13/11/2023 Duración: 54minWell, 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.
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When in Rome
05/11/2023 Duración: 54minHarold 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.
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Monster Mash-Up
29/10/2023 Duración: 54minGoood 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!
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Gods of the Theatre
22/10/2023 Duración: 54minSmile 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.
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The Perfect Blendship
15/10/2023 Duración: 54minFriendship--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.
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Black Musicals of the 1970s
09/10/2023 Duración: 54minThe 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.
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Sweeney Todd
02/10/2023 Duración: 54minWe 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.
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14 Songs in Search of a Cast Album
24/09/2023 Duración: 54minWonderful songs from shows that never got an original cast album, performed by Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Lena Horne, Bing Crosby, Robert Goulet and more.
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Movie Musicals on the Main Stem
17/09/2023 Duración: 54minA 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.
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Coming Back Like a Song
10/09/2023 Duración: 54minThe 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.
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Inga Swenson Tribute
28/08/2023 Duración: 54minCome 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.
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Film Composers International
21/08/2023 Duración: 55minOur 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.
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Still Other Voices, Other Stages
06/08/2023 Duración: 54minStill 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.
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Kristin Chenoweth
30/07/2023 Duración: 55minIt'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.
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Tony Bennett
23/07/2023 Duración: 54minOnce 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.
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George and Oscar
16/07/2023 Duración: 54minGeorge Gershwin and Oscar Levant composed one of popular music's most idiosyncratic relationships, as seen in the new play, "Good Night Oscar." That show's Gershwin, John Zdrojeski, joins us for an hour of music by them both, including Levant's immortal recording of "Rhapsody in Blue."