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.
09-08-2013
An anthology of one of America's greatest composer's work for the stage, including numbers from the Cotton Club and shows such as Bloomer Girl, St. Louis Woman, and Jamaica with an all-star cast.
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08-25-2013
This week on BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, we salute Eydie Gorme and her indelible way with a tune with "Eydie (and Steve), featuring songs from Gypsy, On a Clear Day, Golden Rainbow, and Mame.
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08-11-2013
BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET is leaving the Theatre District with this program and playing a wide variety of songs that have NOTHING to do with Broadway: great, great songs from the movies, the pop charts, bossa nova, French chanson and more.
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08-04-2013
Let's pretend we've been invited up to Cole Porter's apartment in the Waldorf Astoria; it's after dinner and the cognac's been poured, and the greatest cabaret singers of all time have stepped up to the piano to entertain us.
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07-28-2013
Selections from Stephen Sondheim's score are performed by Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane, Phil Silvers, and others: comedy this afternoon.
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07-21-2013
We turn to the music of Coward and the short plays from 1936 that comprise "Tonight at 8:30," along with wistful and witty songs from the Coward songbook performed by the composer himself, Gertrude Lawrence, Bobby Short, Carmen McRae and others.
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07-14-2013
The groundbreaking musical by Rodgers and Hart is celebrated in various cast and studio recordings, along with vocal support from Chet Baker, Steve Lawrence, Patti LuPone, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bobby Short.
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07-07-2013
Wonder of wonders! For this episode of BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET, we're privileged to have Sheldon Harnick in the studio for an hour of great stories and great songs.
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06-23-2013
It's triple your pleasure, triple your fun with "Tremendous Trios," as we celebrate some of the best three-person numbers in Broadway history.
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06-16-2013
In celebration of Steve Ross' new album of Noel Coward treasures ("Noel Coward: Off the Record"), the debonair cabaret celebrity will be joining me in the studio to open our trunks, as it were, and rediscover wonderful songs cut from classic shows.
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