Episodes
In classic American musicals, there's usually a supporting--other--couple. Here's a tribute to Nathan and Adelaide, Ado Annie and Will Parker, Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz, and many more.
Published 04/29/24
Published 04/29/24
We travel the world for great international performers singing show tunes--Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Brel, Astrud Gilberto--and rare international cast albums, like Mi Bella Dama.
Published 04/22/24
Broadway's troubadour of the 1950s, Frank Loesser was a master of melody. Some of the greatest pop and jazz performers--Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Bobby Darin, Eliane Elias--roll the dice with Loesser's tune. 
Published 04/14/24
One of the greatest singers of the 20th Century, Sarah Vaughan gets her centennial moment in the show tune spotlight. Songs from Babes in Arms, West Side Story, Golden Boy, South Pacific and more.
Published 04/07/24
  This week's episode is all about quantum physics and the American musical--just fooling! We celebrate the fools and the foolhardy with performances from Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, Ed Wynn, Sutton Foster and many more.
Published 03/31/24
  Is the game we're in, celebrating the musical's 70th anniversary this spring. All the classic Adler/Ross songs in renditions by Doris Day, Harry Connick Jr., Rosemary Clooney, and more.
Published 03/24/24
Our tribute to a Broadway star and one of the very best singers of the Broadway songbook. Musical numbers, of course, from What Makes Sammy Run? and Golden Rainbow, and songs from She Loves Me, Golden Boy, High Spirits, and more.
Published 03/17/24
OSCAR BAIT We're hopelessly devoted to the Academy Awards. This episode, we look at the songs written expressly for film adaptations of Broadway shows. Sinatra, Madonna, Streisand, Minnelli, and many more.
Published 03/10/24
A tribute to the indomitable creator of Oliver!, From Russia With Love, and so many more--songs performed by Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters and many others: whatever we got, we share!
Published 03/03/24
We're turning back time to indulge in the jukebox musicals of the last 25 years: The Cher Show, Movin' Out, Jersey Boys, MJ the Musical and so much more.
Published 02/26/24
Highlights from the great songs in Porter's film musicals, rendered by a sensational company of greats: Bing Crosby, Barbra Streisand, Fred Astaire, Nancy Wilson, and more.
Published 02/19/24
Everything is Rosie as we honor a Broadway legend with songs from all her major hits (and some off-beat notes as well).
Published 02/06/24
We look at some of the most perfect harmonic moments from the Broadway canon; four-part wonders from Harmony, Sunday in the Park with George, The Music Man and more.
Published 01/29/24
Celebrating the start of our 13th (!) lucky year on the air, I look at the eclectic compendium of the shows that made such a strong impression on me growing up: "It's a Bird . . .It's a Plane. . . .It's SUPERMAN!," Baker Street, Minnie's Boys, Golden Boy and more.
Published 01/22/24
To frame the new biopic of Leonard Bernstein (courtesy of Bradley Cooper), we look at all of the Maestro's Broadway music used in the film, plus additional performances by Comden and Green, Audra McDonald, Boris Karloff, Nell Carter and more.
Published 01/07/24
Our annual look at the musical theatre giants who left us in 2023: Fiddler on the Roof's Topol, Sheldon Harnick, and Joanna Merlin, as well as Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Inga Swenson, and more.
Published 12/31/23
We're all alone with Christopher Fitzgerald--currently shouldering a heavy load in SPAMALOT--as we stir up a holiday punch bowls of Yuletide classics and songs from Waitress, Young Frankenstein, and many more.
Published 12/25/23
Here's a Santa's bag full of potential purchases for the show tune fan in your life (like you!). Selections from cast albums to Merrily We Roll Along, Harmony, Sweeney Todd, plus performances by Petula Clark, Julie Benko and more.
Published 12/17/23
Our follow-up companion to Streisand's new memoir (hey, it's a long book..!). This features Babs from 1978 to the present day; songs by Sondheim, Lloyd Webber, Anthony Newley and more.
Published 12/03/23
It's hot up here! We're live at New York's Museum of Broadway with its co-founder Julie Boardman Join us on a journey through its myriad charms, underscored with music from The Phantom of the Opera, Six, Oklahoma!, and more.
Published 11/19/23
Well, the book is out, so you might as well buy it, get a comfy chair, and listen along. Streisand's major work up through 1973, keyed to major moments in her new memoir--"A Sleeping Bee," "My Man, and many more.
Published 11/13/23
Harold Rome, that is. In honor of the new revival of I Can Get It For You Wholesale, we've an all-star cast celebrating his work, including Tony Bennett, Eddie Fisher, the Andrews Sisters, Mel Tormé, and a gal named Barbra. 
Published 11/05/23
Goood eeeevening! This is Count Larry Maslon from Blood-vay to Main Street. This week's Halloween special features numbers from Frozen, Next to Normal, Billy Elliot, and the London cast album of Young Frankenstein. Wooo-ooo!
Published 10/29/23
Smile on us as we play ditties of the deities to tee up the concert version of The Frogs, produced by MasterVoices. Out of This World, Two by Two, Xanadu, Hadestown, and more.
Published 10/22/23