Broadway to Main Street

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.

Cockeyed Optimism 11/17/2024

Cockeyed Optimism We've an all-star line-up, including Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Margaret Whiting, Sammy Davis, Jr. and more, with Broadway songs of optimism, hope, and good cheer. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33963232

Sail Away 11/11/2024

Sail Away A terrific Noël Coward score launched Elaine Stritch on the voyage to stardom in this 1961 musical. We play selections from the Broadway cast album, the London cast album and more, including performances from the Master, too. (Support from the Noël Coward Foundation.) /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33878472

Jack Jones 11/04/2024

Jack Jones This great singer made the Broadway songbook one of his favorite things. We honor his legacy with his selections from Man of La Mancha, Little Me, She Loves Me, and many, many more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33775992

Strictly Ta-BOO!! 10/28/2024

Strictly Ta-BOO!! It's witchcraft--and a great season for witches on "Blood-vay to Main Street'! Count Larry Maslon cooks up a cauldron of tunes from Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33639282

Norbert Leo Butz 10/21/2024

Norbert Leo Butz It's great big show on "Broadway to Main Street": Norbert Leo Butz joins us for selections from The Last Five Years, Dirty Rotten Soundrels, My Fair Lady, and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33540332

Strike Up the Band 10/13/2024

Strike Up the Band Let the drums roll out--MasterVoices leader Ted Sperling joins me to discuss this new version of the Gershwins/Kaufman classic musicals, with songs in renditions by Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tony Bennett and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33440772

Many Happy Returns 10/07/2024

Many Happy Returns Birthdays and Broadway: from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown--with a lot of birthday candles in-between. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33353392

Jewish New Year 5785 09/29/2024

Jewish New Year 5785 We welcome in 5785 with a repertoire of great Jewish influences on the Broadway musical: Al Jolson, Fiddler on the Roof, Fanny Brice, Harmony and so much more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33253112

Bobby Short Centenary 09/22/2024

Bobby Short Centenary Our tribute to the "King of Café Society" includes indelible performances of material by Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Noël Coward and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33160042

Dreamgirls 09/15/2024

Dreamgirls All you have to do is dream--and tune into our broadcast: Jennifers Holliday and Hudson, Beyoncé, Audra McDonald, Diana Ross and more deliver one of the great scores of the 1980s. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/33063372

Noël Coward at 125 09/08/2024

Noël Coward at 125 Cheers to the Master on his 125th birthday; we look at his fine art of songwriting through some modern singers, including Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Paul McCartney, Barbara Fasano and more. (Supported by the Noel Coward Foundation.) /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32963277

Get Out and Live It! 09/01/2024

Get Out and Live It! It's a new season and new beginnings abound: rousing numbers for the fall from Sweet Charity, The Wiz, 13, Mame, Seesaw, and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32855592

The Wacky World of Mel Brooks 08/26/2024

The Wacky World of Mel Brooks Woof! To showcase the current production of Young Frankenstein The Musical at Bay Street Theater, we look again at Mel Brooks's many forays into musical theatre: Madeline Kahn, Nathan Lane, Mel himself and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32746172

Mancini at 100 08/18/2024

Mancini at 100 It's a Man-cin-tennial: great songs with music by legendary composer Henry Mancini, performed by an all-star ensemble: Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Steve Lawrence, Julie Andrews and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32629307

Bette Midler 08/12/2024

Bette Midler Glowin', crowin', and still goin' strong--we look at the Divine Miss M's career and her devotion to the Broadway songbook with author Kevin Winkler. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32541782

Staying Young 08/05/2024

Staying Young Mature characters and mature perspectives: let's listen to the wisdom of age. Songs from Pippin, A Little Night Music, Knickerbocker Holiday, Take Me Along and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32445837

Margaret Whiting at 100 07/22/2024

Margaret Whiting at 100 Few pop singers captured the Broadway songbook as well as Margaret Whiting; here's to her 100th with show tunes by Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart and many more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32240857

Cats 07/15/2024

Cats Look--a new broadcast has begun. Our first episode on this groundbreaking show, meow and forever. Original London cast, Broadway cast and a few surprises. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32132847

They Turned It Into a Musical 07/07/2024

They Turned It Into a Musical Novels, short stories, historical events, comic strips, even paintings--they said it couldn't be done, but the geniuses of the American musical did it! My Fair Lady, 1776, Annie, Sunday in the Park Hamilton and more! /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/32039107

1776 06/30/2024

1776 The perfect Fourth of July musical. So, sit down for an hour with this classic as we hear the Broadway cast and the rare film soundtrack, united for posterity. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31951812

The 2024 Tony Awards 06/17/2024

The 2024 Tony Awards An overview of this year's 2024 Tony Awards. Selections from all the major nominees: Hell's Kitchen, The Outsiders, Suffs, Merrily We Roll Along, and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31770505

The 1974 Tony Awards 06/09/2024

The 1974 Tony Awards In our run-up to the 2024 Tonys, we look at Broadway 50 years ago: Raisin, Seesaw, Over Here! plus performances by Christopher Plummer, Michelle Lee, Alfred Drake, Lewis J. Stadlen and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31671002

Sondheim, Rolling Along 06/02/2024

Sondheim, Rolling Along Since Stephen Sondheim's passing in 2021, there have been several exciting revivals and revitalizations; here are a few: Merrily We Roll Along, Here We Are, Into the Woods, Melissa Errico, Liz Callaway and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31569802

My Favorite R&H 05/27/2024

My Favorite R&H To tee up the "Rodgers and Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert" on on May 31st, I've selected some of my favorite things: performances by Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Nina Simone, Ray Charles and a surrey full of others. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31473562

Audra McDonald: Greatest Performances 05/13/2024

Audra McDonald: Greatest Performances In preparation for the PBS/Great Performances concert of Audra McDonald from the London Palladium (May 17), we play some of her finest moments from across her storied career: rarities and Tony-winners. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31260147

Broadway and Beyond 05/05/2024

Broadway and Beyond We're kicking off WLIW's "Broadway and Beyond" television/radio programming with a special episode of Game Changers and Groundbreakers: Show Boat, Pal Joey, Company, The Producers, Hamilton, and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31132798

The Other Couple 04/29/2024

The Other Couple In classic American musicals, there's usually a supporting--other--couple. Here's a tribute to Nathan and Adelaide, Ado Annie and Will Parker, Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz, and many more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/31029523

Broadway International 04/22/2024

Broadway International We travel the world for great international performers singing show tunes--Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Brel, Astrud Gilberto--and rare international cast albums, like Mi Bella Dama. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/30930103

More of Loesser 04/14/2024

More of Loesser Broadway's troubadour of the 1950s, Frank Loesser was a master of melody. Some of the greatest pop and jazz performers--Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Bobby Darin, Eliane Elias--roll the dice with Loesser's tune. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/30818283

Sarah Vaughan at 100 04/07/2024

Sarah Vaughan at 100 One of the greatest singers of the 20th Century, Sarah Vaughan gets her centennial moment in the show tune spotlight. Songs from Babes in Arms, West Side Story, Golden Boy, South Pacific and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/30721633

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