Episodes

  • Cockeyed Optimism
    Nov 17 2024

    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.

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    54 mins
  • Sail Away
    Nov 11 2024

    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.)

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    54 mins
  • Jack Jones
    Nov 4 2024
    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.
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    54 mins
  • Strictly Ta-BOO!!
    Oct 28 2024

    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.

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    53 mins
  • Norbert Leo Butz
    Oct 21 2024

    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.

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    54 mins
  • Strike Up the Band
    Oct 13 2024

    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.

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    54 mins
  • Many Happy Returns
    Oct 7 2024

    Birthdays and Broadway: from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Jason Robert Brown--with a lot of birthday candles in-between.

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    54 mins
  • Jewish New Year 5785
    Sep 29 2024

    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.

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    55 mins