BROADWAY NATION

BROADWAY NATION

A lively and opinionated cultural history of the Broadway Musical that tells the extraordinary story of how Immigrants, Jews, Queers, African-Americans and other outcasts invented the Broadway Musical, and how they changed America in the process.In Season One, host David Armstrong traces the evolution of American Musical Theater from its birth at the dawn of the 20th Century, through its mid-century “Golden Age”, and right up to its current 21st Century renaissance; and also explore how musicals have reflected and shaped our world -- especially in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and equality.

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Episode 109:  IT'S ALL ABOUT STORYTELLING!

Episode 109: IT'S ALL ABOUT STORYTELLING!

My guest this week is author Rebecca Applin Warner, whose new book is titled The Musical Theatre Composer As Dramatist — A Handbook For Collaboration. As frequent listeners to this podcast have no dou...

1 Jun 202337min

Encore Episode: Trude Rittmann & The Women Who Invented Broadway

Encore Episode: Trude Rittmann & The Women Who Invented Broadway

This is a Special Encore release of one of my personal favorite episodes! You may not know the name, Trude Rittmann, but you have certainly heard her music. During the "Golden Age of Broadway" (and b...

25 Mai 202329min

Episode 108: MY FRIEND SANDY, part 2

Episode 108: MY FRIEND SANDY, part 2

This is the second half of my recent conversation with author Deborah Phillips whose fascinating new book is titled AND THIS IS MY FRIEND SANDY — SANDY WILSON’S THE BOY FRIEND, LONDON THEATRE AND GAY ...

18 Mai 202343min

Episode 107: Sandy Wilson's THE BOYFRIEND, London Theatre and Gay Culture

Episode 107: Sandy Wilson's THE BOYFRIEND, London Theatre and Gay Culture

My guest this week is author Deborah Phillips whose new book is titled: AND THIS IS MY FRIEND SANDY — SANDY WILSON’S THE BOY FRIEND, LONDON THEATRE AND GAY CULTURE. Sandy Wilson's The Boyfriend — for ...

11 Mai 202347min

Encore Episode: Celebrating 63 Years of THE FANTASTICKS

Encore Episode: Celebrating 63 Years of THE FANTASTICKS

This is a special Encore episode of Broadway Nation in celebration of the 63rd Anniversary of the Off-Broadway musical phenomenon, The Fantasticks. That show opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in...

4 Mai 202338min

Episode 106; ITAMAR MOSES — From THE BAND"S VISIT to AN AMERICAN TAIL

Episode 106; ITAMAR MOSES — From THE BAND"S VISIT to AN AMERICAN TAIL

My guest this week is playwright Itamar Moses, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical” for his beautiful work on the Tony Award winning “Best Musical”, The Band’s Visit.  His other ...

27 Apr 202346min

Episode 105: Two Degrees of George Abbott, The Abbott Touch, part 2

Episode 105: Two Degrees of George Abbott, The Abbott Touch, part 2

This is the second half of my conversation with Thomas Hischak whose new book is titled The Abbott Touch — Pal Joey, Damn Yankees and the Theatre of George Abbott. If you missed part one, you may want...

20 Apr 202334min

Episode 104: The Abbott Touch — The Theatre of George Abbott, part 1.

Episode 104: The Abbott Touch — The Theatre of George Abbott, part 1.

My guest this week is author Thomas Hischak whose new book is titled: The Abbott Touch — Pal Joey, Damn Yankees and the theatre of George Abbott. For more than 60 years — from 1913 to 1994 — George A...

13 Apr 202335min

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