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.
12-09-2012
With a nod to the show’s current revival, we take a look at America’s most indomitable orphan from her comic strip and radio days through her Broadway, film, and television incarnations.
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12-02-2012
A compilation of the wackiest, most wonderful pairings of singer and song. Improbable? Yes, but delightful.
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11-25-2012
Selections include rare cast recordings, along with renditions by Lena Horne, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, and Mercer himself.
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11-04-2012
We're hitting the Big Time on this episode – an entire program devoted to the glorious days of vaudeville and its influence on the American musical.
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10-21-2012
No minimum, no cover charge: only the finest cabaret artists of the last five decades tackling the Broadway songbook with class, elegance, and intimacy.
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10-14-2012
Our candidates for greatest political musical score include Of Thee I Sing, I'd Rather Be Right, Mr. President, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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10-07-2012
We're going to rock around the Theatre District with The Four Tops, The Doors, Janis Joplin, James Brown, the Mamas and the Papas, Elvis Presley and those four irrepressible mop tops from Liverpool!
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09-30-2012
Princes come, princes go – but there was never a prince of Broadway like Alfred Drake.
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