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July 26, 2026

CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST, Part 2 with author BEN FRANCIS

CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST, Part 2 with author BEN FRANCIS

Summer of Sondheim Series

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  • Ep 195: 40 Years of CHESS
  • Bonus Episode: The BROADWAY NATION BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION!
  • Episode 180: "BETTER LIVING THROUGH SONDHEIM" with author RICHARD SCHOCH
  • Episode 179: THE QUEER PIONEERS OF BROADWAY MUSICAL STAGING
  • BROADWAY'S NOSTALGIA CRAZE OF THE 1970s, part 1
  • Episode 165: HELEN MORGAN — THE ORIGINAL TORCH SINGER & ZIEGFELD'S LAST STAR
  • Episode 168: ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MUSICALS — The Movie Musicals That Won the Oscar for Best Picture
  • Episode 37: 100 Years of SHUFFLE ALONG!, Part 1
  • Episode 1 - George M. Cohan & The Immigrants That Invented Broadway
  • Episode 169: If They Asked Me I Could Write A Book
  • Episode 125: MASQUERADE — THE LIVES OF NOEL COWARD
  • Episode 133: 42nd STREET & the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes
  • Episode 136: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER CAME TO BROADWAY
  • Episode 137: Broadway Melody — A Novel Approach to Broadway History
  • Episode 146: Julian Eltinge — America's First Drag Superstar, part 1
  • Episode 152: Forty Years of Forbidden Broadway!
  • Episode 153: TikTok Broadway — Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age, part 1.
  • Episode 155: SHOWMANCE — A New Broadway Novel
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BROADWAY NATION

A lively and opinionated cultural history of the Broadway Musical that tells the extraordinary story of how Immigrants, Jews, Queers, African-Americans and other outcasts invented the Broadway Musical, and how they changed America in the process. In Season One, writer and host David Armstrong traced the evolution of American Musical Theater from its birth at the dawn of the 20th Century, through its mid-century “Golden Age”, and right up to its current 21st Century renaissance, and explored how musicals have always reflected and shaped our world -- especially in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and equality. In Season Two he will continue to highlight musicals, creators, and topics that didn’t fit into last season, and dig deeper into those in which there is much more to explore. In addition, David will investigate a number of new areas of interest that he, and frequent co-host Albert Evans have been researching during their hiatus. As always, Broadway Nation will be unique mix of music, history, opinion, analysis, and interviews with leading Broadway experts, artists, and insiders.

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