Broadway to Main Street

By Laurence MaslonArts Performing Arts

Broadway to Main Street episodes

October 21, 2024 Norbert Leo Butz
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.
54 min
October 13, 2024 Strike Up the Band
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.
55 min
October 07, 2024 Many Happy Returns
Birthdays and Broadway: from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown--with a lot of birthday candles in-between.
54 min
September 29, 2024 Jewish New Year 5785
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.
56 min
September 22, 2024 Bobby Short Centenary
Our tribute to the "King of Café Society" includes indelible performances of material by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Noël Coward and more.
55 min
September 15, 2024 Dreamgirls
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.
55 min
September 08, 2024 Noël Coward at 125
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.)
55 min
September 01, 2024 Get Out and Live It!
It's a new season and new beginnings abound: rousing numbers for the fall from Sweet Charity, The Wiz, 13, Mame, Seesaw, and more.
55 min
August 26, 2024 The Wacky World of Mel Brooks
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.
55 min
August 18, 2024 Mancini at 100
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.
55 min

About Broadway to Main Street

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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