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.

Show Boat: Rolling Along 01/05/2025

Show Boat: Rolling Along We look at a monumental score by Kern and Hammerstein that just keeps rolling along in imaginative and compelling renditions by Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans, Audra McDonald, Peggy Lee and more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34728475

Memories of You 2024 12/30/2024

Memories of You 2024 The inimitable Broadway performers who exited stage right in 2024; grand knowing Gavin Creel, Glynis Johns, Steve Lawrence, Janis Paige, Ken Page, and so many more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34656795

Holiday Show 2024 12/22/2024

Holiday Show 2024 It's "Happy Holidays" with our special guest, Bryce Pinkham, as we "spin" favorites of the season including great songs performed by Michael Bublé, Judy Garland, Steve and Eydie, and Mr. Pinkham himself. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34572740

Stocking Stuffers 2024 12/15/2024

Stocking Stuffers 2024 Santa Claus is giving a preview of some of the best end-of-year show tune releases. Performances by Cynthia Erivo, Jeremy Jordan, Nicole Scherzinger, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34460030

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Other Bad Cats 12/08/2024

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Other Bad Cats Malefactors and miscreants from the musical: songs from Pirates of Penzance, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Cats: plus mad scientists, gangsters, and cat burglars. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34338905

Satchmo's Broadway Satchel 12/02/2024

Satchmo's Broadway Satchel Louis Armstrong finally pops up on his own "Broadway to Main Street" program, inimitably offering tunes from Porgy and Bess, Mame, Call Me Madam, Hello Dolly! (of course) and many more. /episode/index/show/broadwaytomainstreet/id/34223455

Mancini at 100 11/25/2024

Mancini at 100 To tee up the Great Performances/ PBS Henry Mancini concert at the Hollywood Bowl (11/29), we'll have an hour of 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/34139561

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

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