Broadway to Main Street

By Laurence MaslonArts Performing Arts

Broadway to Main Street episodes

August 31 School Bells Are Ringing
It's back to the classroom: songs of learning, lectures, and literacy from Candide, South Pacific, Spring Awakening, Schmigadoon! and more.
55 min
August 23 The Magic of Sammy Cahn
On our annual "Hollywood music" episode. we look at the great movie songs by lyricist Sammy Cahn, including "Call Me Irresponsible," "It's Magic," and "High Hopes," sung by the best--Doris Day, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan and more.
55 min
August 16 Batman's Baddies on Broadway
Holy spotlight! We bring forth one of pop culture's greatest rogues galleries--the special guest villains on the Batman TV show and their roles as Broadway musical stars: Frank Gorshin, Vincent Price, Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Glynis Johns--even Ethel Merman! Zowie!
55 min
August 09 A Musical Odyssey
We're coming home, sweet Homer, with a thousand ships of songs inspired, one way or t'other, by The Odyssey; performances by Sarah Vaughan, Jack Cassidy, Melina Mercouri, and, yes, Yul Brynner, among many more.
55 min
August 02 Tony Bennett at 100
This week marks the centenary of America's greatest pop interpreter of the Broadway songbook: Tony Bennett. Songs from Kismet, Applause, Follies, The Boys from Syracuse, On The Town and more.
55 min
July 26 Ear to Ear with Steven Blier
Join us for a live studio session with one of our great musicians and purveyors of popular song, Steven Blier, of the New York Festival of Song. Steve takes us through (and plays) thrilling theater songs by Kern, Blitzstein, Bernstein, Gilbert and Sullivan and more.
55 min
July 19 A Swell-egant Elegant Party
TY You're invited to a marvelous party: Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano join us live in the studio to preview our sophisticated August 1st cabaret event at the Hamptons Summer Songbook. Greats songs by Coward, Porter, Comden and Green and lotsa laughs.
55 min
July 12 West End Divas (1970s Edition)
Marti Webb, Gemma Craven, and Diane Langton--do you know them? Here's your chance: my favorite West End musical heroines of the 1970/80s, singing from The Good Companions, Trelawny, Windy City and, yeah, a couple of other shows you've actually heard of. . .
55 min
July 06 Broadway Show-Up Glow-Up
Got your tweed pressed? Here's a look at how fashion and style transform the Broadway stage and its beloved characters: My Fair Lady, Coco, Kiss of the Spider Woman, La Cage aux Folles and more.
55 min
June 28 1776 (semiquincentennial version)
What else would we run this weekend? The original cast album, plus soundtrack selections and rare trivia; our favorite musical of all time. "Broadway to Main Street"--for all your semiquincentennial needs!
55 min

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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