This is the first of three episodes highlighting the principal themes of the Broadway Musical. Today I look at the single most u…
Perhaps surprisingly, the current generation of Broadway creators has re-embraced and reinvigorated both the “Musical Comedy” and…
The second half of my interview with NY Post columnist Michael Riedel about his new book, Singular Sensation – The Triumph of Bro…
In this episode I interview NY Post columnist Michael Riedel about his new book, "Singular Sensation - The Triumph Of Broadway", …
The Modern Era of Broadway, part 7. In this episode I explore what is often called “The British Invasion of Broadway” – a ten-y…
In this episode I explore the growing visibility of queer stories, themes and characters on Broadway in musicals such as Hair, C…
In this episode I explore the history of what is called the “Concept Musical”, including its key creators: Harold Prince, Stephen…
In this episode I celebrate 1970s Broadway, and the return of the Black Musical. More than a dozen hit black musicals opened dur…
In this episode I continue my review of Broadway’s Nostalgia Craze of the 1970s and beyond. This includes the musicals Grease, I…
In this episode Albert Evans and I explore the origins of Broadway’s “Nostalgia Craze of the 1970s” -- where it came from, and wh…
In April of 1968, “The Golden Age of Broadway” came to an abrupt end on the opening night of the “tribal rock musical” HAIR, whic…
As the 1950’s came to a close, Broadway Musicals were at the very center of American culture. Then in 1960, as if on cue, two im…
In this episode I focus on the 1959–1960 which brought us Gypsy vs. The Sound Of Music. And you could subtitle this episode Ethe…
In this episode, Albert Evans and I take an in-depth look at two classic musicals that went head to head at the 1958 TONY Awards …
This is the second part of my discussion with Tony Award winning Costume Designer Ann Hould-Ward in which we trace the legacy cha…
One of the main threads of this podcast is how the arts and crafts of the Broadway Musical have been handed down directly from on…
The Golden Age of Broadway’s new revolutionary way of writing musicals did not just apply to musical plays like those of Rodgers …
In this episode Albert Evans and I tell the story Trude Rittman who during the "Golden Age of Broadway" (and beyond) composed mu…
In this episode I explore two musicals that led to the "Golden Age of Broadway" -- Lady In The Dark and On The Town. And I highl…
Stephen Sondheim considers "The Bench Scene" in Rodgers & Hammerstein's CAROUSEL to be “the singular most important moment in the…
In this episode Albert Evans and I continue our exploration of the amazing "legacy chain" during which the art and craft of writi…
In this episode and the next Albert Evans and I explore the knowledge, understanding, and skills that were handed down directly f…
During the 1930s Broadway was severely impacted by the economic disaster of the "Great Depression". However, somehow out of all …
This episode explores at the first half of what I call "The Silver Age Of Broadway" -- a period that spans from the end of WWI to…