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.
01-17-2015
In honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we look at the way that Broadway has dealt with the issue of civil rights, especially in the African American community.
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01-10-2015
George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Arlen and others sell their own material like nobody else.
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12-28-2014
Broadway's fairest lady is Julie Andrews and she made her major musical theater appearances singing the words of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.
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12-14-2014
Our annual holiday show features actor/singer/pianist Malcolm Gets, currently in the revival of Allegro.
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12-07-2014
It was the greatest revue of the 1930s, brilliantly crafted by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart, and yet it never had an original cast album and has never been revived on Broadway.
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11-23-2014
Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Broadway's favorite lyricist team, are back with a vengeance.
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11-23-2014
An hour of dark dreams and creepy nightmares from the Broadway stage--including sequences from Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of the Opera, Lady in the Dark, and Oklahoma!
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11-18-2014
Hey, jealous lover! That green-eyed monster, jealousy, rears its musical head this week, with songs of vituperation, envy, sadness, and loss: from The Pajama Game, Kean, Follies, St. Louis Woman and more.
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11-08-2014
In celebration of the new Library of America edition American Musicals (1927-1969): The Complete Book and Lyrics to 16 Broadway Classics, this broadcast will feature a great song from each of these seminal shows.
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10-19-2014
What's more fun that a great Broadway song? Making fun of a great Broadway song!
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