Sounds of Broadway

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Stuart Brown relaxing in the theater“On Broadway,” with host Stuart Brown, features chats and interviews in this bi-weekly podcast, a companion to ‘Sounds of Broadway’ – our 24/7 online Broadway music radio. New episodes are released every other Friday. Full information for each episode including playlists is available at BroadwayRadioPrograms.com/podcasts. Or click on the links below for the latest shows.

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RECENT EPISODES:

  • Interview with Robert W. Schneider – Fifty Key Stage Musicals (11/18) – We talk with Robert W. Schneider, co-Editor of the book, Fifty Key Stage Musicals. The book provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world.
  • Episode 8 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (11/4) – We talk with Rick Pender, the author of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, and discuss Anyone Can Whistle. This 1964 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents, tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town (through the resulting pilgrim trade) and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and the easygoing doctor who is determined to enjoy the chaos that it brings.
  • Interview with Brian Gillet and Huck Walton (10/28) – This is a special podcast featuring the revival cast recording of The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. We’ll have comments by Brian Gillet and Huck Walton of their company Accidental Jacket Entertainment, which produced the cast recording, plus a healthy dose of music from the show.
  • Interview with Kate Baldwin (10/21) – Interview with the multi-Tony Award nominated actress, Kate Baldwin. She is currently starring as Dorothy Brock in the Goodspeed Opera House’s production of 42nd Street (click here for my review). We talk about the musical and her appearances in the Broadway shows, Finian’s Rainbow, Big Fish, and the starry revival of Hello, Dolly! that starred Bette Midler. Musical selections included.
  • Interview with Klea Blackhurst (10/7) – Chat with Klea Blackhurst, actress, singer and comedienne. Most recently she appeared as Miss Lemon in The Nutty Professor in the summer of 2022 at the Ogunquit Playhouse. We talk about that production, her career, and play songs from her past shows.
  • Interview with Tom Moore and Ken Waissman (9/23) – Interview with Tom Moore, the original Broadway Director of Grease and Ken Waissman, the original Producer of the long-running musical, on their book, “Grease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More: Stories from the Broadway Phenomenon That Started It All.”
  • Episode 7 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (9/9) – Rick Pender, the author of The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, continues with his astute insights into the musicals of Sondheim with a discussion of the 1970 landmark production of Company. We also include a number of songs from the Original Cast Recording.
  • Episode 6 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (6/17) – We continue our journey through the Stephen Sondheim canon with Rick Pender. This edition’s musical is Sweeney Todd, which starred Len Cariou an Angela Lansbury. Rick discusses aspects of the show and we also play a number of selections from the original cast recording.
  • Sherlock – the Musical (6/3) – In this episode, we chat with Stefan van de Graaff (Book) and Denning Burton (Book, Music, Lyrics), creators of Sherlock – the Musical.
  • Interview with Mark Eden Horowitz (5/20) – In this episode we talk with Mark Eden Horowitz on the publication of his new book, The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • Interview with Kevin Winkler (5/6) – In this episode, we interview author Kevin Winkler and talk about his new book, Everything is Choreography: The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune.
  • Interview with David Loud (4/22) – In this episode, we talk with Broadway musical director and arranger David Loud on his recently published memoir, Facing the Music.
  • Episode 5 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (4/15) – Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide as we spotlight the 1973 musical A Little Night Music.
  • Public Relations with Kendall Edwards (3/11) – We chat with Kendall Edwards, an account assistant at DKC O&M. We’ll talk about her responsibilities and her insider perspective on the New York theater scene. The company handles PR concerns for many Broadway shows, including, Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, MJ – the Musical, and The Music Man.
  • Episode 4 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (2/25) – We continue with our series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as our musical guide. For Episode 4, we spotlight the 1976 musical Pacific Overtures, which opened on Broadway on January 11, 1976 and ran for 193 performances.
  • Interview with Frank DiLella (2/11) – We chat with Frank DiLella, three-time Emmy Award winning host of “On Stage” on New York City’s Spectrum News NY1, the news channel’s weekly half-hour theater program.
  • Episode 3 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (1/28) – Rick Pender, author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, serves as musical guide in our third installment of this series. For this episode, we spotlight the 1990 musical Assassins.
  • Interview with Robert W. Schneider (1/14) – We talk with Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director of the J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, which presents professional revivals of worthy Broadway musicals. He is also the co-host of the wildly popular ‘Behind The Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends’, which is the official podcast of BroadwayWorld.com.

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