“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 Andrea Grody (1/27) – My guest this week is Andrea Grody, best known as a Musical Director for such Broadway musicals as The Band’s Visit and Tootsie and the Off-Broadway musical SUFFS. She has also written a musical about individuals on the autism spectrum entitled Strange Faces. We talk about that show and her career in New York.
- Interview with Jesse Green (1/13) – I interview Jesse Green, chief theater critic for The New York Times on the Mary Rodgers memoir Shy, that he co-wrote with the composer. The book is a no holds barred look at her life. It is outrageously funny, poignant and a great read.
- Episode 9 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim (12/26) – Rick Pender and I continue our review of all of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals with a discussion of his Pulitzer Prize winning musical, Sunday in the Park with George.
- Interview with Peter Filichia (12/16) – We chat with Peter Filichia, the author of the book – “The Book of Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, and Disagreements.” Peter is the former New York-based theater critic for The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark, NJ and the author of six books on the musical theater.
- Interview with Patrick Pacheco and Erik Forrest Jackson (12/9) – My guests are Patrick Pacheco and Erik Forrest Jackson. They are the book writers for the world premiere musical, Christmas in Connecticut, which is playing at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT through December 30. The production is based on the classic 1945 Warner Bros. film.
- Interview with Dominic McHugh – The Big Parade (12/2) – I talk with Professor Dominic McHugh on his book examining the works of Meredith Willson – The Big Parade: Meredith Willson’s Musicals from The Music Man to 1491.
- 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.
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