A Weekly Program Celebrating the Greatest Songs from the Broadway Stage

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.

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Promises, Promises

09-23-2012

The only Broadway musical to feature a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David – and what a score it is!

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27.01MB - Duration: 59:00 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)




Back to School

09-16-2012

The Broadway bell has rung and it's time to take your seats. We go "back to school" with a full syllabus of songs about teaching, learning, and everything in between.

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Pajama Game / Damn Yankees

09-09-2012

Nothing's quite the same as the Pajama Game – or the talented team of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross who brought Broadway two of its biggest hits in the 1950s: the back-to-back smashes The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees.

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Labor Day

09-02-2012

In honor of Labor Day, this episode is a tribute to our nation's working men and women. Workers from cops to dance hall girls to cleaning women to whalers to union organizers sing for their supper.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 27MB - Duration: 58:59 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)




Marvin Hamlisch

08-26-2012

A tribute to the composer who took the mid-1970s by storm and won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, a Grammy, and a Pulitzer Prize.

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Noel Coward in America

08-12-2012

A retrospective of Noel Coward's influence on the American scene; starting with his Las Vegas appearances in 1955, through the Broadway musicals Sail Away, The Girl Who Came to Supper, and High Spirits.

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Noel Coward in England

08-12-2012

The first of our two-part tribute to the Master, featuring songs originating from England in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 26.53MB - Duration: 57:56 m (64 kbps 44100 Hz)




Comedy Tonight

08-05-2012

Highlights from the "Comedy Tonight!" concert from Guild Hall in East Hampton (July 29, 2012).

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Broadway to 52nd Street

07-15-2012

Jazz writer and critic Will Friedwald joins us in bringing the Broadway songbook to the boites and hangouts along 52nd Street.

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Top Bananas

07-08-2012

An overview of Broadway's greatest comic figures who rose from the bottom of the bunch to become superstars.

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