Episode 23: "Everything Old Is New Again": The Modern Era of Broadway, Part 2.
In the last episode I outlined how a new wave of brash young songwriters swept aside the Golden Age and ushered in Broadway’s Modern Era with shows such as Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and T...
14 Okt 202031min
Episode 22: "Let The Sun Shine In" -- The Modern Era Of Broadway, Part 1
Although nobody knew it at the time, in April of 1968 “The Golden Age of Broadway” came to an abrupt end on the opening night of the “tribal rock musical” HAIR, which took America by storm and created...
7 Okt 202031min
Episode 21: Jerry Herman & The Golden Age of Broadway, part 3.
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 immensely popular shows – The Fantasticks, and Bye, Bye Birdie – kick off ...
30 Sep 202036min
Episode 20: GYPSY vs. THE SOUND OF MUSIC & The Golden Age Of Broadway
The 1950s were crowned by four legendary musicals that went head to head for the “Best Musical” prize at the TONY Awards. In the last episode we looked at the 1958 contest of West Side Story vs. The M...
23 Sep 202040min
Episode 19: West Side Story vs. The Music Man & The Golden Age of Broadway
Every Broadway theater season during the 1950’s gave us at least one great, classic Golden Age musical – and a number of seasons produced several. The decade was crowned by four legendary musicals tha...
16 Sep 202038min
Episode 18: Patricia Zipprodt & The Women That Invented Broadway
This is the second part of my discussion with Tony Award winning Costume Designer Ann Hould-Ward in which we trace the legacy chain of Broadway costume design expertise that was handed down directly o...
9 Sep 202029min
Episode 17: Irene Sharaff And The Women That Invented Broadway
Irene Sharraff is the legendary Broadway costume designer whose incredible 56 year career spanned from 1933 to 1989. She designed the costumes for more than 52 Broadway musicals including As Thousands...
2 Sep 202031min
Episode 16: Jule Styne, Frank Loesser & The Golden Age of Broadway, Part 2
The Golden Age of Broadway’s new revolutionary way of writing musicals did not just apply to musical plays like those of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Lerner & Loewe – it also transformed the Musical Come...
26 Aug 202029min
