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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 Broa...
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April Showers
Yes, it's come to that--an hour of great "rain" songs on stage, from Singin' in the Rain, Bloomer Girl, Grease, and of course 110 in the Shade.
Carnival
Love makes the world go 'round in this beloved 1961 charmer. The original Broadway cast, West End cast, and some surprise guests all provide beautiful...
Tell Me on a Sunday
The 1980 British song cycle, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, gets cycled through its many variants, performed by Marti Webb, Bernadette...
Liza Sings Kander and Ebb (2026)
Start spreading the news: to celebrate the birthday girl, we're playing an encore broadcast of a great creative partnership. Liza's classics and some...
Oscar Runners-Up
Nobody Does It Better!--in advance of Sunday night's Oscars, we give you the great songs written by Broadway artists that were nominated but didn't ge...
Songs of the Resistance
Musical numbers aren't always violets and silverbells: here are moments from the musical stage where the truth is spoken to power. Songs from Les Misé...
The Life and Rhymes of Dorothy Parker
America's great poet and essayist was also a songwriter. One perfect rose of a program with songs by and inspired by Mrs. Parker's career; performers...
Blue Moon: Larry Hart (Part Two)
A look at the enduring legacy of the songs of Rodgers and Hart, interpreted through the decades by Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Tony Bennett, the Supre...
Blue Moon: Larry Hart (Part One)
As a complement to the current film bio of Lorenz Hart, BLUE MOON, we present a two-part episode, focusing on the songs and events mentioned in the mo...
Love, American Musical Style (2026)
Truer than the red, hot, and blue...for Valentine's Day, some of the greatest show tunes with "love" in them: sung by John Raitt, Audra McDonald, Jack...
High Spirits (2026)
Our crystal has a ball with this "Improbable Musical Comedy"--coming back to Encores! next week. Original cast (Bea Lillie, Tammy Grimes) and London r...
A Matinee with Matt Monro
Nothing but class--an hour with one of the smoothest singers of the 1960s: Matt Monro as he does Broadway tunes from My Fair Lady, Golden Boy, Cats,...
Silk Stockings
Cole Porter and George S. Kaufman teamed up to bring Billy Wilder's "Ninotchka" to the musical stage in 1955; here's a cornucopia of songs, featuring...
Performers I Love
It's the beginning of our 15th year on the air, so let's share it with some of the performers who always make me happy: Idina Menzel, Barbara Harris,...
Holiday Hangovers
Consider this a round of Bromo-Seltzers to bring you back to real life after a busy set of holidays; songs about drinks and their aftermath from Tammy...
Memories of You 2025
We remember the vast possibilities of the giants of the musical stage who left us in 2025: Linda Lavin, Tom Lehrer, Cleo Laine, Charles Strouse and mo...
The 2025 Holiday Show
What better way to celebrate 2025 than on the air with the Broadway performer who made it her favorite year: Jasmine Amy Rogers. She joins us for clas...
Monty Python and Spamalot
We're sending songs in your general direction with two implacable knights of the musical Round Table--Eric Idle and John Du Prez--the songwriters of S...
Sammy Davis Jr. Centenary Celebration (Part Two)
We take Sammy from his Broadway triumph in Golden Boy onward, through songs from Sweet Charity, Golden Rainbow, The Phantom of the Opera and more.
Sammy Davis, Jr. Centenary Celebration (Part One)
We celebrate Mr. Entertainment himself and the first half of his extraordinary career in advance of what would have been his 100th birthday. Songs fro...
Dick Van Dyke at 100
Our celebrity centenary celebration for 2025 begins with a tribute to Dick Van Dyke, beloved star of stage (Bye Bye Birdie) and screen (Mary Poppins,...
Songs I Love from Shows I Love
To celebrate our 600th episode, we're highlighting my favorite songs from my favorite shows--Broadway winners, every one, from On the Twentieth Centur...
Songs I Like/Shows I Don't (Encore Edition)
As a follow-up to our "Songs I Don't Like from Shows I Do" (and a precursor to our upcoming 600th episode), an encore presentation of tunes from Wonde...
Boy Bands and Girl Groups
The close harmony sounds of music groups have embraced Broadway and been presented there, too: Jersey Boys, Motown the Musical, Beatlemania, plus the...
Dionne Warwick Makes Over Broadway
One of the 20th Century's greatest singers turns her glorious pipes to the Broadway canon: songs from West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Purlie, and of c...
Psycho Broadway
Good eeeevening....! Our annual Halloween broadcast hosted by Count Larry Maslon, offers a slice of the homicidal maniacs who roam the Broadway musica...
Patricia Routledge
We're crossing off items on our Bucket List with fantastic performances on the musical stage by the late great dame, Patricia Routledge. Songs by Styn...
Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
To tee up the release of Merrily's screen capture, we look forward to a broad overview of Sondheim's wonderful score. Renditions from Frank Sinatra, J...
Songs I Don't Like from Shows I Do
Almost every great show has a clunker; here are the ones that just don't work--for me--from Sunday in the Park, Carousel, Cabaret, Phantom of the Oper...
Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley
The great Mel Tormé served up the Broadway show tune songbook like a master; we're joined by another master, Eric Comstock, to celebrate Tormé's 100th...
That's Entertainers
Broadway loves its entertainers center stage--real or imagined. Join us for a front-row seat for Bobby Darin, Fanny Brice, the Marx Brothers, Tina Tur...
Ira Gershwin: An Episode in Words
We're joined by Ira's biographer, Michael Owen, for a 'swonderful overview of his fascinating career. Performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, K...
Everything's Coming Up Rosie
Rosemary Clooney, that is. One of our greatest singers, with an entire program dedicated to her and songs from The Pajama Game, Merrily We Roll Along,...
The Movie Themes of Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Memories, lighting the corners of our mind--our annual soundtrack episode, featuring the unforgettable lyrics by the Bergmans and movie themes sung by...
A Chorus Line
The singular sensation celebrates its 50th Anniversary and we *finally* get around to showcasing its amazing Hamlisch/Kleban score. The original cast...
Cleo Laine
In her honor, we are celebrating the Broadway songbook of jazz singer extraordinaire, Cleo Laine. Songs by Cy Coleman, Jerome Kern, and plenty of Sond...
"It's . . . Superman!"
We're up, up, and away with this summer's box office superhero. We listen to the 1966 musical version of Superman plus songs and music from his movie...
Steve Ross
We're joined by Steve Ross, the Crown Prince of Cafe Society, regaling us with laughter, tales, and songs--at the piano and with recordings of tunes f...
It Seems to Me I've Heard That Song Before
It's called "pastiche" that subtle art practiced by great songwriters paying tribute to the music of the past--as heard in Hairspray, Parade, Kiss Me...
1776 (2025)
The perfect Fourth of July musical--more relevant than ever. So, sit down for an hour with this classic as we hear the Broadway cast and the rare film...