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.
06-09-2013
The Tony Awards is Broadway's big night; this broadcast is devoted to the musical highlights of the 2012-13 season, with selections from MATILDA, KINKY BOOTS, as well as from albums not-yet-released, such as PIPPIN, CINDERELLA, and MOTOWN.
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05-26-2013
In celebration of the renewed interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, "Broadway to Main Street" is extending all the way to East Egg.
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05-19-2013
With June about to bust all over, today we're turning to that masterpiece of narrative musical theater, Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL.
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05-05-2013
Listen to some of the greatest dance music from the stage, including WEST SIDE STORY, A CHORUS LINE, ON THE TOWN and more.
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04-28-2013
On "Haunted Heart," we look at the musical stage's depiction of memory, lost love, spectral visitors, omniscient mentors, and how music connects us to the presence of the past.
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04-07-2013
We stretch BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET all the way to the Champs Elysees in our tribute to Paris – after all, it's April! So, with the chestnuts in blossom, we'll hear Maurice Chevalier, Sammy Davis, Colette Renard, Judy Garland & others.
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03-31-2013
In the spirit of the season of renewal and resurrection, we look at some of the amazing comebacks on the Broadway stage.
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03-30-2013
Among the great musical theater songwriting teams of the 1930s, Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz provided the wittiest and most haunting of tunes.
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03-24-2013
Curtain up! Light the lights! BROADWAY TO MAIN STREET is back in full podcast/broadcast mode with a salute to that most ebullient of composers, Jule Styne.
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