Broadway To Main Street

Find your own special island as we hop from one musical spot to the next: songs from Once on This Island, Come From Away, South Pacific, Pacific Overtures, and more.

What better way to spend July 4th weekend than with the original John Adams from 1776? An encore episode as William Daniels spends a special hour, live in our studio, talking about his distinguished career. I say vote "Yes!"

We're joined by Deborah Grace Winer to celebrate those great ladies--Betty Comden, Dorothy Fields, Carolyn Leigh and more--in anticipation of the concert "Baby Dream Your Dream" at East Hampton's Guild Hall.

Celebrate proud papas and powerful patriarchs with a special sneak preview of Joshua Henry's "Soliloquy" from the current Carousel, rounding out an hour of songs from Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Ragtime and more.

Ease into Sunday night's telecast with the Tony Awards from 50 years ago! All the major nominees and winners, including Robert Goulet, Leslie Uggams, Steve Lawrence, Melina Mercouri and more--what a wacky time!

Get ready for the 2018 Tony Awards with musical selections from The Band's Visit, Frozen, SpongeBob, Mean Girls, Carousel, My Fair Lady, and the other nominees. Your one-stop shopping for this season's hits.

We’re joined in the studio by author Todd S. Purdum to discuss the wonderful world of Rodgers and Hammerstein from his brand-new book that chronicles their revolutionary collaboration. Songs from all the major shows performed by Julie Andrews, Leslie Odom, Jr., Barbara Cook, and many others.

We provide a sneak preview of Audra McDonald's latest album--weeks ahead of its release in stores. Backed by the New York Philharmonic, Audra turns her titanic talents to Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Adam Guettel and more.

ROYAL WEDDING Get ready for a front-pew seat celebrating next week's dynastic nuptials; framed by the score from the Fred Astaire/Jane Powell film, we'll look at musical marriages from Annie Get Your Gun, Company, and Fiddler on the Roof.

With the team's My Fair Lady ensconced at Lincoln Center, wouldn't it be loverly to hear some Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe? Popular recordings of their masterpieces from Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and the songwriters themselves.

We welcome Harry Potter and his chums to Broadway with felicitations from the musical theater's canon of wizards, witches, sorceresses, and enchantresses:  songs from Frozen, The Wizard of Oz, Camelot and more. 

Movie-maker, musical maven, and meshugguner--it's springtime for Mel Brooks and his wonderful wacky world of song. Performances from Madeline Kahn, Nathan Lane, Harry Connick, Jr. and Mel himself.

In anticipation of the revival of My Fair Lady, we spend a tuneful day in London Town, from Baker Street to Berkeley Square; singers include Julie Andrews, Noel Coward, Petula Clark, Eric Comstock and more.

Friendship is the perfect blendship on this week's show: best of pals include Mame and Vera; Hope and Crosby; Frankenstein and Igor; and many more.

The charm and smarm of Broadway's Great Profile can be heard in tremendous vocals from She Loves Me, Superman, Brigadoon, and more. Plus duets with Shirley Jones and others.

We finally arrive at the groundbreaking Rodgers and Hammerstein musical on the eve of its 75th anniversary. A bright golden haze of music with the original cast, Hugh Jackman, Coleman Hawkins and more.

The musical march of the 20th Century, as seen by Stephen Sondheim in a chronological decade-by-decade collection of his songs; from Follies to Merrily We Roll Along to Assassins and more.

The digital age ushered in some astonishing voices, recording masterful renditions in the studio: Kiri Te Kanawa, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Nathan Lane and others reveal the treasures in West Side Story, South Pacific, Allegro and more.

From the 1940s to the 60s, immortal renditions of great Broadway songs made only for the recording studio featuring Vivienne Segal, Mary Martin, Alfred Drake, Nelson Eddy, Doris Day and more, from Pal Joey, Oklahoma!, and Annie Get Your Gun.

Each day is Valentine's Day with classic first dates from the Broadway musical stage. Selections from She Loves Me, Irma La Douce, Evita, Hamilton, and more.