Broadway to Main Street

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Broadway to Main Street is the crossroads where the greatest songs of the Broadway stage meet popular culture in America. You can listen to this week's show or scroll through the archives of over 250 different episodes celebrating the timeless tunes and traditions of the American Musical Theater. Hosted and produced by Laurence Maslon, each podcast has its own theme and topic and is the best seat in the house for your favorite scores—and songs and shows just waiting to be discovered by you. Curtain up! For more information go to broadwaytomainstreet.com

Ballots Over Broadway

Oct 18, 2020

It's election time and show tunes are sweeping the country. Here are great campaigns songs and tributes to participatory democracy about from Annie, Of Thee I Sing, Hamilton, and...

Sweet Charity

Oct 11, 2020

Spend a little time with this astonishing Coleman/Fields score. Performers include Gwen Verdon, of course, but also Shirley MacLaine, Bobby Short, Juliet Prowse, and Sammy Davis, daddy-o! Fun, laughs, good times!

The King (Cole) of Broadway

Oct 4, 2020

"B" is for the way we l-o-v-e Broadway; "W" is for "Wow--Nat King Cole!"; "A" is author Will Friedwald, who joins us to discuss his new Nat Cole bio; "Y" is you're gonna dig this very, very extra-ordinary episode.

John Barry

Sep 27, 2020

Composer John Barry was best-known as the musical muse of 007, but he spun gold in many songs and a few stage shows. Check out Michael Crawford, Barbra Streisand, Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey and more in this tribute...

One-Hit Wonders

Sep 20, 2020

Ease on down B2MS as we look at the great outliers--shows whose creators got their one shot at musical theater fame: The Wiz, 1776, Promises Promises, Dreamgirls, and...