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

Knowing When to Leave

Nov 22, 2020

There's nothing that Broadway likes better than a proper musical "farewell." Here are some graceful "exit stage right"s from Hamilton, She Loves Me, Hello Dolly!, Promises Promises, and...

West Coast Berlin

Nov 15, 2020

To celebrate the upcoming PBS/Great Performances airing of "Holiday Inn," we'll face the music and dance along with Irving Berlin's great Hollywood songs, performed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman and...

Broadway Broadcast of 1971

Nov 8, 2020

Here's our program would be like back in 1971; songs from shows currently running--Follies, No No Nanette--and a special visit in our studio with the young Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber with their concept album, Jesus...

Dorothy Fields

Nov 2, 2020

We're starting--and finishing--this episode with songs by the quintessential queen of lyric writing. Renditions by Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, and shows such as SEESAW and A TREE GROWS IN...

Call Me Monster

Oct 25, 2020

Our annual Halloween show on "Blood-vay to Main Street" is charged with electricity as we send up Frankenstein and his monster--join Count Larry Maslon for an hour of show tunes with a lot of heart--and...