Episodes

April 28, 2022

Special Encore Episode: "Let The Sun Shine": The Rise Of The Pop/Rock…

In Celebration of the April 29th Anniversary of the 1968 Broadway Opening of HAIR.

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April 21, 2022

Episode 62: Exploring The Roots Of Broadway Dance

With the creators of the new documentary film Uprooted - The Journey Of Jazz Dance

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April 14, 2022

Special Encore Episode: Bye Bye Birdie & The Golden Age of Broadway,…

Celebrating Today's Broadwayversary - 62 Years of Bye Bye Birdie

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April 7, 2022

Episode 61: The Craft And Art Of Broadway Choreography , part 2

"Robbins, Fosse, Bennett & Gennaro" with special guest Liza Gennaro author of Making Broadway Dance

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March 31, 2022

Episode 60: Katherine Dunham & Agnes de Mille - The Craft & Art of Br…

With special guest Liza Gennaro, author of Making Broadway Dance

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March 24, 2022

Episode 59: Four Visions Of West Side Story

With special guest Misha Berson, author of Something's Coming, Something Good - West Side Story And The American Imagination

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March 17, 2022

Episode 58: The Genius Of Sondheim

A special Broadway Nation Live event!

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Feb. 17, 2022

Special Encore Episode: "Forgotten Forefathers" - The Black Artists W…

A Special Encore episode celebrating Black History Month

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Feb. 3, 2022

Episode 55: The King Of Broadway - The Genius Of Tommy Tune, part 3

With Kevin Winkler author of Everything Is Choreography - The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune

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Jan. 27, 2022

Episode 54: "You Gotta Take Care Of Business" - The Genius of Tommy T…

With Kevin Winkler, author of Everything Is Choreography - The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune

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Jan. 20, 2022

Episode 53: The Theatrical Genius Of Tommy Tune, part 1

With Kevin Winkler, author of the new book: Everything Is Choreography -The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune

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Jan. 13, 2022

Episode 52: The Other Musicals Of Meredith Willson

With Dominic McHugh, author of The Big Parade - Meredith Willson's Musicals From The Music Man to 1491

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Jan. 6, 2022

Episode 51: The Musicals of Meredith Wilson, Part 1

With special guest Dominick McHugh author of The Big Parade -- Meredith Wilson's Musicals From The Music Man to 1491

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Dec. 30, 2021

SPECIAL ENCORE EPISODE: "WHITE CHRISTMAS" -- THE STORY OF AMERICA'S M…

The second of two special holiday bonus episodes of Broadway Nation. In Part One we looked at how the Jewish-Russian immigrant songwriter, Irving Berlin -- in addition to being one of the prime inventors of the Broadway Musical -- also created an entirely new category of popular song: “the Christm…

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Dec. 22, 2021

SPECIAL ENCORE EPISODE: "WHITE CHRISTMAS": THE STORY BEHIND THE WORLD…

This holiday special is an encore of one of our most popular episodes which tells the story of how the great Jewish-Russian immigrant songwriter, Irving Berlin, not only played a huge role in the invention the Broadway Musical, but also invented an entirely new category of popular song – the Christ…

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Dec. 16, 2021

Episode 50: 100 YEARS OF SHUFFLE ALONG, part 4

With RICHARD CARLIN & KEN BLOOM, the authors of EUBIE BLAKE: RAGS, RHYTHM, AND RACE

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Dec. 9, 2021

Episode 49: 100 YEARS OF SHUFFLE ALONG!, part 3

With RICHARD CARLIN & KEN BLOOM, the authors of EUBIE BLAKE: RAGS, RHYTHM, AND RACE

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Dec. 2, 2021

Episode 48: MY FIRST SONDHEIM with special guest Albert Evans

Experiencing The Artistry of Stephen Sondheim For The Very First Time

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Nov. 25, 2021

Episode 47: "Listening To The Audience"

The Making of COME FOM AWAY, part 2, with authors IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN

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Nov. 18, 2021

Episode 46: "ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS"

Inside the creation of COME FOM AWAY with authors IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN

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