Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby and the Story of "White Christmas," America's Most Popular Song, part 2
This is the second of two special holiday episodes of Broadway Nation. Just like the first, this is an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was given in December of 2019 at the Va...
31 Dec 202541min
Encore Episode: The Story Behind the Song, WHITE CHRISTMAS
This is a special holiday reprise of one of Broadway Nation's most popular episodes: It's an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was presented in December of 2019 at the Vashon C...
24 Dec 202534min
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 b...
10 Dec 202550min
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BROADWAY NATION!
You are invited to join me on December 11 at 5:00 PM at The Museum of Broadway where Tony and Olivier Award-winning lyricist , David Zippel, will be interview me about my new book, Broadway Nation: Ho...
7 Dec 20252min
Ep 192: IN SEARCH OF LOST BROADWAY — THE GREAT WALTZ
This is the second in our occasional series of episodes that I'm calling "In Search of Lost Broadway,” in which my longtime colleague Albert Evans and I try to unearth and rediscover musicals that we...
28 Nov 202554min
Encore Episode: MY FIRST SONDHEIM
This episode was recorded in 2021 just five days after it was announced that Stephen Sondheim had died and as it happened my friend, colleague and frequent co-host and contributor to Broadway Nation, ...
21 Nov 202537min
Ep 191: HOW A SONDHEIM REJECTION INSPIRED A BROADWAY NOVEL!
My guest this week is DAN ELISH, author of a new novel called KING OF BROADWAY. As you will hear, the plot of this novel was inspired by a real life interaction that Dan had with the legendary Broadw...
14 Nov 202534min
QUEER MUSICALS 3 — FUN HOME, THE PROM, & JAGGED LITTLE PILL
This is the third and final part of my conversation with author Rob Schneider, who returns to tell us more about his new book, Queer Musicals — Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill. On this episode, F...
7 Nov 202533min
