Episodes

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With author BARRY KESTER

With authors Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf

With authors Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf

TONY Award-winning Composer/Lyricist and Author of NEVER MIND THE HAPPY

My guest this week is Barry Joseph, the author of the recent book, Matching Minds with Sondheim. Since his death,  there have been so many books about Stephen Sondheim and various aspects of his life and his career, including an amazing number of really terrific books, and I have had the honor of having many of the authors of those books as guests on this podcast. And Barry Joseph’s book is right up there with the best of them, but it is also a completely unique and original way of looking at So...

With special guest Albert Evans

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 Broadway musicals from the past. And since I’ve been around for a while and had the opportunity to see the original 1986 London production of Chess, which ran for three years, as well as the 1988 Broadway production, which closed after only 68 performances, and a few weeks ago, t...

With special guest Albert Evans

A Broadway Nation Live Recording

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, choreography by Albertina Rasch, based on the Viennese operetta and London hit, Waltzes From Vienna with English lyrics by Desmond Carter, and featuring the music of both Johann Strausses, I and II. If you missed the first episode in this series, you may want to catch up with that ...

With special guest Albert Evans

With author DAN ELISH

With author ROBERT W. SCHNEIDER

With author ROBERT W. SCHNEIDER

With author ROBERT W. SCHNEIDER

With special guest DAN KNECHTGES

With authors Irene Sankoff and David Hein

A conversation with authors IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN

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

Author of HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Author of HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Author of HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

With special guest Albert Evans