Episode 1 - George M. Cohan & The Immigrants That Invented Broadway
BROADWAY NATION29 Huhti 2020

Episode 1 - George M. Cohan & The Immigrants That Invented Broadway

In this episode, host David Armstrong, along with special guest, Albert Evans, begin to tell the amazing story of how Immigrants, Jews, Queers, and African-Americans invented America's signature art form -- the Broadway Musical. The Broadway Musical was born around the turn of the last century and it emerged out of what we used to call “the melting pot” – that simmering confluence of cultures and races that were packed into the teeming tenement neighborhoods of New York City. To an enormous extent the Musical can be called an “Immigrant art form” – it certainly was originated almost entirely by men and women from outside of the mainstream of society.” What they created was something totally new. A popular, democratic kind of music-theater that -- like most great American inventions -- was inspired by both a strong desire to express oneself, and a strong necessity to put food on the table. The concept of “the melting pot” has lost favor with some historians, but it remains a very apt description of how various multi-cultural artistic traditions blended together to create the American musical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 153: TikTok Broadway — Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age, part 1.

Episode 153: TikTok Broadway — Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age, part 1.

My guest this week is Trevor Boffone whose new book is titled TikTok Broadway — Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age. I suspect that many of you, like me, are not on TikTok and may not immediatel...

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Episode 152: Forty Years of Forbidden Broadway!

Episode 152: Forty Years of Forbidden Broadway!

Today, my guest is my old friend, GERARD ALESSANDRINI, creator of the long-running off-Broadway hit revue Forbidden Broadway, which recently opened its 27th edition, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY — MERRILY WE ST...

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Episode 151: More Songs Of The Season

Episode 151: More Songs Of The Season

This is the second part of my recent conversation with author Thomas Hischak regarding his new book, Song Of The Season — Outstanding Broadway Songs Since 1891. In this captivating book, Hischak looks...

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Episode 150: Song of The Season — Outstanding Broadway Songs Since 1891, part 1

Episode 150: Song of The Season — Outstanding Broadway Songs Since 1891, part 1

Author Thomas Hischak returns to the Broadway Nation this week to tell us about his captivating new book, Song Of The Season — Outstanding Broadway Songs Since 1891. For this book, Hischak analyzed ev...

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Episode 149: "A Song About Hope" — A Conversation with BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

Episode 149: "A Song About Hope" — A Conversation with BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

Welcome to a new season of Broadway Nation — the podcast that delves deeply into the remarkable history of the Broadway musical, with a special focus on the Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists...

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Season Preview — A Special Message from Broadway Nation

Season Preview — A Special Message from Broadway Nation

Hi this is David Armstrong. You may be wondering where I and Broadway Nation have been over the past few weeks. As you will hear, I have been battling a wicked case of bronchitis and today is the firs...

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Episode 148: Julian Eltinge In Hollywood!

Episode 148: Julian Eltinge In Hollywood!

I’m David Armstrong, and my guest again today is author Andrew L. Erdman, whose captivating new book is titled Beautiful — The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator. In this ...

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Episode 147: The Musical Theater of Julian Eltinge

Episode 147: The Musical Theater of Julian Eltinge

My guest again this week is author Andrew Erdman, whose captivating new book is Beautiful—The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator. In this episode, Andrew continues the sto...

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