Broadway to Main Street
526 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsHosted 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
Donna Murphy
March 05, 2023 21:20 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBWe're passionate about one of the most wonderful singer-actresses in Broadway history. Join us for a survey of Donna Murphy's extraordinary career--Passion, The King and I, Tangled, and more.
Burt Bacharach
February 19, 2023 20:52 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBAn entire episode on Bacharach's dramatic works: Promises Promises, On the Flip Side, and, yes, Lost Horizon. Performances by Jerry Orbach, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, the composer himself, and many more.
Babes in Arms
February 05, 2023 21:15 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBRodgers and Hart's classic 1937 score is one for the ages; here's Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Jack Cassidy, Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand and others tackling classics such as "Where or When?," "My Funny Valentine" and so many more.
Jukebox Jamboree
January 29, 2023 21:23 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBThe jukebox musical tradition begins in the late 1970s and continues robustly to today. Here are the early highlights: The Boy from Oz, Beatlemania, Smokey Joe's Café, Mamma Mia! and more, featuring both the original pop artists and their stage avatars.
Pop / Broadway / Hollywood
January 15, 2023 21:05 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBHere's the gimmick: pop stars who played Broadway roles in Hollywood versions. Roll call includes Madonna, Doris Day, Bing Crosby, Diana Ross, Beyoncé, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, and more.
You've a Good Score, Charlie Brown
January 08, 2023 21:53 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBGood grief! An entire episode of music inspired by the Peanuts gang to celebrate Charles M. Schulz's 100th birthday. Songs from Off-Broadway, Broadway, TV, records, and films.
Memories of You 2022
January 01, 2023 21:23 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBA toast to all the Broadway champions, on-stage and off-, who left us in 2022: Angela Lansbury, Robert Morse, Lucy Simon, Pat Carroll, and many more.
The 2022 Holiday Show
December 25, 2022 03:36 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBTHE 2022 HOLIDAY SHOW People who listen to “Broadway to Main Street” this Christmas Day are the luckiest people in the world. Our special guest is Julie Benko, currently the alternate greatest star in Funny Girl; songs include classics written by Jule Styne, among others, and performances by Benko, Streisand, Garland, Cantor and more.
Pet Sounds of Broadway
December 18, 2022 21:05 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBPetula Clark's 90th birthday serves as a perfect motivation for a look at her career devotion to the music of Broadway. Selections from Finian's Rainbow, Sunset Blyd, The Sound of Music, and many more.
Stocking Stuffers 2022
December 11, 2022 23:33 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBA cornucopia of new recordings that will brighten up every show tune fan's holiday season: music from Barbra Streisand, Sutton Foster, Lea Michele, Sara Bareilles, and more.
Mary Rodgers
December 04, 2022 22:03 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBAuthor and NYT critic Jesse Green joins us to discuss the composer's memoir, SHY, on he which collaborated, and her career. Songs performed by Carol Burnett, of course, plus Victoria Clark, Faith Prince, and more.
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
November 13, 2022 22:10 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBDo you know how the lady in the harbor feels? Great torch songs from Broadway musicals sung by Sara Bareilles, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gormé and many more.
Jerry Orbach
November 06, 2022 21:51 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBAn hour-long tribute to our hero, who's twice as big as life in our book; songs from Promises, Promises, The Fantasticks, Chicago, Carnival and more, plus some rarities.
The Phantom of the Opera
October 31, 2022 12:20 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBIt's Halloween weekend, so the host of "Blood-vay to Main Street," Count Larry Maslon celebrates another creepy guy in a black cape. Come with us, along with Michael Crawford, Ramin Karimloo, Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban and more as we explore this groundbreaking show.
Angela Lansbury
October 16, 2022 21:16 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBANGELA LANSBURY Strike the band up--a tribute to one of the all-time greats of the American Musical Theater. Songs from Mame, Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast, among many others--including some real rarities. We think she's just sensational.
A Novel Approach
October 10, 2022 12:21 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBFrom the pages of the world's greatest fiction to the stages of the American musical--great shows such as Big River, Oliver!, Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, and more provide listeners with a trip to the library.
Bobby Short is Bon-K-ers for Broadway
October 02, 2022 22:44 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBThe Humble King of Café Society gets the full treatment; choice cuts, some rare, all well-done, from the likes of Stephen Sondheim, Cy Coleman, and Burt Bacharach.
Duelling Duets
September 25, 2022 20:43 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBNot cheek-to-cheek, but nose-to-nose--great duets of conflict, contrast, and contrariness from Les Misèrables, Annie Get Your Gun, Follies, Zorbà and more.
Gigi
September 18, 2022 20:18 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBThank Heaven for this 1958 masterpiece, with a score for the ages by Lerner and Loewe. Performances from the film, outtakes, and various pop and stage renditions (Vic Damone, Andre Previn). You'll remember it well!
The Crown (2022)
September 11, 2022 20:07 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBIn honor of Her Majesty's passing, we're presenting an updated version of our 2018 episode about Britain's royal family. Songs from I and Albert, Rex, Camelot, and more.
Labor Day 2022
September 04, 2022 21:06 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBA tribute to our nation's working men and women. Workers from cops to dance hall girls to cleaning women to whalers to union organizers sing for their supper; songs from Working, The Pajama Game, Pins and Needles, and more.
The Four B's
August 28, 2022 22:40 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBFor our annual August tribute to film composers, we spotlight four giants of the 1960s: Elmer Bernstein, John Barry, Burt Bacharach, and Richard Rodney Bennett. Highlights from their major movie and theater achievements of the era.
Ragtime
August 22, 2022 02:14 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBAnd people called it Ragtime . . .\ we celebrate the unique syncopation of this score. Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie and more.
When Broadway Was Carefree
August 09, 2022 16:29 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBIt was an era when life was just a bowl of cherries, there was good news, whoopee, with cream in your coffee. Explore Broadway's happiest hits from the 1920s and early 30s with Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, and more.
Road Trip
August 01, 2022 06:47 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBIt’s summertime and we’re cranking up the car radio and listening to songs about every major city or state from Maine to California, from I-95 to the I-10; tunes from Ragtime, The Most Happy Fella, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and more.
Les Misérables
July 24, 2022 21:20 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBDo you hear the actors sing? We've lined up an all-star cast--Colm Wilkinson, Patti LuPone, Hugh Jackman, Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo, and more--to bring this great musical home.
Judy at 100
July 17, 2022 22:51 - 54 minutes - 25 MBThe Broadway catalogue of Judy Garland is celebrated on her centenary. Classic songs by the Gershwins, Rodgers with Hart and Hammerstein, Jule Styne, Noël Coward and more (and partnered by Sinatra, Crosby, and Liza among others).
Kelli O'Hara
July 10, 2022 23:02 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBWe invited Kelli O'Hara to our virtual studio for a chat and an hour of her most stunning performances from South Pacific, Light in the Piazza, Bridges of Madison County, O'Hara rarities and much more.
Oscar Hammerstein 2.1
June 26, 2022 19:31 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBThe second part of our two-part interview with Mark Eden Horowitz, editor of "The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II": Now, we move on to OH2 and Rodgers, Sondheim, and the "what-ifs" of this mighty career. Songs performed by Nat King Cole, Audra McDonald, Dinah Shore, and more.
Oscar Hammerstein 2.0
June 19, 2022 22:33 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBThe first of a two-part interview with the editor of "The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II," Mark Eden Horowitz, with brand-new insights of our greatest lyricist. With songs performed by Irene Dunne, Paul Robeson, Sarah Vaughan and more.
The 2022 Tony Awards
June 12, 2022 20:07 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBA special preview, featuring music (much of it as yet unreleased!) from Six, A Strange Loop, Paradise Square, Mr. Saturday Night, MJ The Musical, The Music Man and more.
The 1972 Tony Awards
June 05, 2022 22:54 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBFifty years ago, these were among the nominees: Raúl Julia, Clifton Davis, Alexis Smith, Phil Silvers, Barry Bostwick, Mildred Natwick, and more. Join us as we stumble through a song or two and lie about ourselves a little.
I Have Confidence
May 23, 2022 01:15 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBModesty is not a virtue here, showcasing more than a dozen Broadway characters with VERY healthy egos: Songs from Camelot, The Sound of Music, The Producers, and more--plus a special Carly Simon tribute!
Funny Gals and Guys
May 15, 2022 21:33 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBRiffing off Billy Crystal's turn in Mr. Saturday Night, we look at those top bananas who brought their comic chops to Broadway: Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Fanny Brice, Bert Lahr, Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, Buddy Hackett, Andrea Martin and more.
Anything Goes
May 08, 2022 21:06 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBThe world's gone mad today, but we still get a kick out of this Cole Porter masterpiece. Here's the full score, plus a foredeck of Reno Sweeneys: Ethel Merman, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster and more.
Doris Day Sings Rodgers
May 02, 2022 01:17 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBWe're celebrating the centennial month of this marvelous singer with a variety of songs written by Richard Rodgers, from Jumbo to The Sound of Music.
Robert Morse
April 24, 2022 20:23 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBWe celebrate how to succeed on Broadway through the life and achievement of five-time Tony nominee (and two-time winner) Bobby Morse. All of his major shows and performances are featured.
Broadway Bouquet
April 17, 2022 20:47 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBSpring has finally sprung and with it a musical bouquet of tunes with a floral motif from Hadestown, Gypsy, On a Clear Day, The Sound of Music and more.
Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre
April 10, 2022 21:33 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBIn 1963, Frank Sinatra put together an exciting experiment: four of the greatest musicals recorded in the studio with the era's best singers of popular music: Frank, Sammy, Dean, Bing, Dinah, Keely and more. Will Friedwald joins us to discuss this ambitious project.
Fanny Brice
April 03, 2022 20:42 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBA funny girl, a funny lady, and a pioneer in American popular culture. Join us for a gorgeous hour as we play the songs she made famous, sung by Fanny and others, including Kaye Ballard, Alice Faye, and Barbra Streisand, of course.
Little Me
March 27, 2022 21:23 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBWe've got your number--in fact, more than a dozen numbers from the fabulous Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh score. Original and revival casts--Sid Caesar, Martin Short, Faith Prince--plus Sarah Vaughan, Judy Garland, and more.
Oh, To Be a Movie Star
March 20, 2022 19:27 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBBroadway musicals have provided happy homes for Hollywood stars for decades; join Tinseltown legends such as Antonio Banderas, Lauren Bacall, Hugh Jackman, Vivien Leigh, and others for their on-stage triumphs.
Far Away Places
March 13, 2022 20:41 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBWe travel out of time, out of sight to those far away places with the strange sounding names--Bali Ha'i, Camelot, Oz, Shangri-La--that have lent their mysteries to Broadway for decades.
Hollywood's Broadway Melody
March 07, 2022 00:54 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBGo east, young tunesmiths! Great Hollywood songwriters try their respective hands at Broadway musicals with such shows as Ballroom, Skyscraper, Oh Captain!, Shangri-La, and others.
Anyone Can Whistle
February 28, 2022 01:09 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBCome play wiz us as we celebrate Stephen Sondheim's unique score with Ted Sperling, artistic director of MasterVoices. Angela Lansbury, Lee Remick, plus Madeline Kahn, Mandy Patinkin, Steve Lawrence and more.
Meredith Willson
February 20, 2022 23:41 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBA big parade of songs by The Music Man's music man. Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Tammy Grimes lead off, of course, but Perry Como, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., and a famous quartet (not barbershop) from Liverpool follow right behind.
Dean Martin Loves Broadway (Sometime)
February 07, 2022 01:21 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBDino's Broadway canon is selective but swinging, pally. The King of Cool staggers through classic songs by Lerner and Loewe, Jule Styne, Comden and Green, Rodgers and Hart, and more.
Do I Hear a Waltz?
January 30, 2022 21:19 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBSuch lovely Dick Rodgers-y music, how can you be still? Our tribute to the 1965 musical, with lyrics by Sondheim, performed by the original cast, plus Eydie Gormé, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne and more.
Come Blow Your Horn
January 23, 2022 21:44 - 54 minutes - 25 MBBroadway sounds its trumpet on-stage and off, with great performances of "brassy" material by Ethel Merman, Barbra Streisand and more, along with solos from the likes of Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and other cornet men.
Old Friends
January 16, 2022 23:27 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBWe kick off our second decade on the air by visiting with some very special friends from over the last ten years: David Garrison, Ann Harada, Lewis J. Stadlen, Veanne Cox, Malcolm Gets, Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano sharing stories and songs. Here's to us!