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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 SEARCH through the archives of over 500 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.  Winner of the 2019 ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Best Radio/Internet Program. Curtain up! For more information go to broadwaytomainstreet.com

The Songs That Won The War

Mar 23, 2025

Taking our cue from the new Broadway musical  Operation Mincemeat, we look at songs that inspired--and were inspired by-- the WWII homefront here and in the UK:  Bernstein, Berlin, Coward, Weill, Bart and...

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Pirates, Scoundrels, and Other Bad Cats

Dec 8, 2024

Malefactors and miscreants from the musical: songs from Pirates of Penzance, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Cats: plus mad scientists, gangsters, and...

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Nov 10, 2019

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The Broadway Broadcast of 1934

Dec 16, 2018

From our radio studio in the Hotel Astor, high above Times Square...a recreation of a 1930s broadcast, featuring songs performed by Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Johnny Mercer, and our special guest, George Gershwin, who will play his latest songs.

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How Show Tunes Enchanted America

Sep 16, 2018

A survey of songs discussed in your host’s brand-new book—yes! “Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America,” recently published by Oxford University Press. If you listen to this program every week, this one’s for you!

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