Season 3

Jan. 17, 2026

Ep 195: 40 Years of CHESS

Because this is a Broadway history podcast, I don’t usually comment on recently opened productions, since we can’t know yet whether they will be historically significant. The exceptions, of course, are major revivals of Broad...

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Jan. 9, 2026

Ep 194: The Great Waltz on Radio & TV

With special guest Albert Evans

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Dec. 10, 2025

Ep 193: BY STRAUSS! In Search of THE GREAT WALTZ, part 2

This week Albert Evans joins me once again as we go “ In Search of Lost Broadway.” Specifically, the 1934 smash-hit musical The Great Waltz , conceived, directed, and lighted by Hassard. Short , with a book by Moss Hart , cho...

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Sept. 26, 2025

The Most Produced Play in America: Come From Away

A conversation with authors IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN

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Sept. 19, 2025

Ep 186: GOING HOLLYWOOD — THE OXFORD GUIDES TO FILM MUSICALS

A new book series highlighting LOVE ME TONIGHT, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and LA LA LAND.

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July 18, 2025

An Update on Broadway Nation!

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June 26, 2025

CRAZY FOR NOSTALGIA! — BROADWAY'S NOSTALGIA CRAZE OF THE 1970s, Part …

In this episode I continue my review of Broadway’s Nostalgia Craze of the 1970s and beyond. Many of the musicals that emerged in the late 60s and very early 70s were also influenced by the incipient Nostalgia Craze, even if o...

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