Broadway to Main Street
Kanaal Besonderhede
Broadway to Main Street
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 Broa...
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Boy Bands and Girl Groups
The close harmony sounds of music groups have embraced Broadway and been presented there, too: Jersey Boys, Motown the Musical, Beatlemania, plus the...
Dionne Warwick Makes Over Broadway
One of the 20th Century's greatest singers turns her glorious pipes to the Broadway canon: songs from West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Purlie, and of c...
Psycho Broadway
Good eeeevening....! Our annual Halloween broadcast hosted by Count Larry Maslon, offers a slice of the homicidal maniacs who roam the Broadway musica...
Patricia Routledge
We're crossing off items on our Bucket List with fantastic performances on the musical stage by the late great dame, Patricia Routledge. Songs by Styn...
Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
To tee up the release of Merrily's screen capture, we look forward to a broad overview of Sondheim's wonderful score. Renditions from Frank Sinatra, J...
Songs I Don't Like from Shows I Do
Almost every great show has a clunker; here are the ones that just don't work--for me--from Sunday in the Park, Carousel, Cabaret, Phantom of the Oper...
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
The great Mel Tormé served up the Broadway show tune songbook like a master; we're joined by another master, Eric Comstock, to celebrate Tormé's 100th...
That's Entertainers
Broadway loves its entertainers center stage--real or imagined. Join us for a front-row seat for Bobby Darin, Fanny Brice, the Marx Brothers, Tina Tur...
Ira Gershwin: An Episode in Words
We're joined by Ira's biographer, Michael Owen, for a 'swonderful overview of his fascinating career. Performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, K...
Everything's Coming Up Rosie
Rosemary Clooney, that is. One of our greatest singers, with an entire program dedicated to her and songs from The Pajama Game, Merrily We Roll Along,...
The Movie Themes of Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Memories, lighting the corners of our mind--our annual soundtrack episode, featuring the unforgettable lyrics by the Bergmans and movie themes sung by...
A Chorus Line
The singular sensation celebrates its 50th Anniversary and we *finally* get around to showcasing its amazing Hamlisch/Kleban score. The original cast...
Cleo Laine
In her honor, we are celebrating the Broadway songbook of jazz singer extraordinaire, Cleo Laine. Songs by Cy Coleman, Jerome Kern, and plenty of Sond...
"It's . . . Superman!"
We're up, up, and away with this summer's box office superhero. We listen to the 1966 musical version of Superman plus songs and music from his movie...
Steve Ross
We're joined by Steve Ross, the Crown Prince of Cafe Society, regaling us with laughter, tales, and songs--at the piano and with recordings of tunes f...
It Seems to Me I've Heard That Song Before
It's called "pastiche" that subtle art practiced by great songwriters paying tribute to the music of the past--as heard in Hairspray, Parade, Kiss Me...
1776 (2025)
The perfect Fourth of July musical--more relevant than ever. So, sit down for an hour with this classic as we hear the Broadway cast and the rare film...
Al Hirschfeld
This episode draws its inspiration from the great theatrical illustrator Al Hirschfeld. We're joined by the chief archivist of his work, David Leopol...
Feudin' and Fightin'
' Feudin' and fussin' and fightin'--on-stage and off-stage: West Side Story, Hamilton, Camelot and two gals named Patti and Audra.
The 2025 Tony Awards
Broadway to Main Street is all ready for the big event-and you will be too! All the major nominees from 2025 are featured: Maybe Happy Ending, Death B...
The 1975 Tony Awards
We look back at Broadway fifty years ago to see what was worthy of recognition then. A lot, as it turns out: The Wiz, Angela Lansbury in Gypsy, Shenan...
Charles Strouse Tribute
A special tribute to a great composer, Charles Strouse. Classic and rare tunes from Golden Boy, Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, Applause and many more.
Positively B'way to Main Street
As a run-up to the Great Performances l PBS broadcast of "Girl from the North Country" (May 23), we gather 'round the Bob Dylan legacy and the Broad...
Happy Families, Unhappy Families
Following Tolstoi's dictum, we look at all sorts of families across the years on Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Next to Normal, Falsettos, The Addams...
The Heart and Music of William Finn
We march through a tribute to the composer/lyricist with a variety of performances--Mary Testa, Christian Borle, Malcolm Gets, Finn himself--with clas...
Bobby Darin's Broadway Bag
Look out--Bobby Darin is back, in Just in Time with Jonathan Groff on Broadway. Here is Darin working his magic with more than a dozen Broadway classi...
Wonderful Town
Unless you just want to conga, join us to enjoy this great Bernstein-Comden-Green score; renditions by Rosalind Russell, Donna Murphy, Audra McDonald,...
Cartoon Tunes
We open up the funny papers and celebrate Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman, Little Orphan Annie and all the other great cartoon and comic strip characters...
The Songs That Won The War
Taking our cue from the new Broadway musical Operation Mincemeat, we look at songs that inspired--and were inspired by-- the WWII homefront here and...
Love Life
To celebrate the upcoming Encores! concert of this rare Kurt Weill/Alan Jay Lerner musical, we're putting together a version of the score with perform...
Toni, Karen, and Linda
Three of the greatest pop-rock voices of the 1970s--Toni Tennille, Karen Carpenter, and Linda Ronstadt--contributed some beautiful renditions of our f...
On the Street Where You Sing
The highways and by-ways of the American musical in songs from 42nd Street, Sunset Boulevard, Park Avenue....you get the idea.
Phil Silvers
Hey, how are ya? This masterful comedian held down several major musicals on stage, film, and TV--we play some of the hilarious highlights.
Valentine's Day with Eric and Barbara
Each day is Valentine's Day here at Broadway to Main Street, but we are joined by Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano for a glimpse at their new album, P...
When Dinah Shore Ruled the Broadway Songbook
One of America's most glorious and enduring singers tackling Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kern, Loesser, Weill, Coward, Bock and Harnick and more. MWAH!
Gypsy 2025
Together we go through a bouquet of Roses--Ethel, Angela, Bernadette, Patti and more--to celebrate the current revival of this remarkable Styne/Sondhe...
Songs I Like From Shows I Don't
We begin our 14th year on the air with a round-up of songs I like from shows I don't; everybody's favorites but mine: The Golden Apple, Wonderful Town...
Show Boat: Rolling Along
We look at a monumental score by Kern and Hammerstein that just keeps rolling along in imaginative and compelling renditions by Miles Davis, Sarah Vau...
Memories of You 2024
The inimitable Broadway performers who exited stage right in 2024; grand knowing Gavin Creel, Glynis Johns, Steve Lawrence, Janis Paige, Ken Page, and...
Holiday Show 2024
It's "Happy Holidays" with our special guest, Bryce Pinkham, as we "spin" favorites of the season including great songs performed by Michael Bublé, Ju...