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Join host Stuart Brown for music, interviews, and commentary. This podcast is a companion to ‘Sounds of Broadway’ - a 24/7 online music radio station featuring the best in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the London stage. Visit BroadwayRadioPrograms.com.
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- Interview with Nkrumah Gatling · 32 minI chat with Nkrumah Gatling, a swing in the immersive production of The Phantom of the Opera known as Masquerade. Gatling has played all the lead roles in the New York show…
- Interview with Laurence O'Keefe · 48 minI chat with Laurence O'Keefe, the composer of Bat Boy: The Musical, which was revived for a production at the 2025 NY City Center Encores. We talk about that show, and some of…
- Interview with Mark Cabaniss · 41 minOn this week's episode of 'On Broadway', I interview Mark Cabaniss, author of Miracle of The Music Man: The Classic American Story of Meredith Willson. Cabaniss steps back into…
- Episode 21 – The Complete Stephen Sondheim · 26 minDuring a 3-year period, beginning in November 2021, Stephen Sondheim scholar Rick Pender and I reviewed every Sondheim musical. However, a taping of one episode was misplaced…
- Music City - A New Musical · 31 minI chat with Drew Bastian and Julianne B. Merrill, two cast members from the Off-Broadway, jukebox musical Music City. At the time of the interview, there was no indication the…
- The Music of Charles Strouse · 1 h 7 minThis week, we explore the music of Charles Strouse. Long-time listener, Sharon Kahn, made a generous contribution to the Sounds of Broadway studios and earned herself the right…
- Interview with Ethan Popp · 31 minMy guest this week is Ethan Popp, a Grammy®, Olivier®, and three-time Tony® Award nominee, who is nominated this year for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for The Lost…
- Interview with Kristin Stultz Pressley – Jukebox Musicals · 39 minI chat with Dr. Kristin Stultz Pressley, a Broadway historian and lecturer and the co-host of the Dr. Broadway Podcast. We talk about her new book - Jukebox Musicals: Crazy for…
- Interview with Adam Gwon · 1 h 1 minOn this week’s episode of On Broadway, I chat with Adam Gwon, an American composer and lyricist. He made his off-Broadway debut in 2009 with Ordinary Days. He has written eight…
- Rising - a new Irish Musical · 37 minThis week I speak with the composing team of Tom James McGrath and Amy Clare Tasker about their new musical Rising. Songs from the show are incorporated into the episode. Rising…
- Inside the Vault · 38 minI speak to Nicholas Brown-Cáceres, acting chief of the Music Division, and Cait Miller, senior music reference specialist, at the Library of Congress. They talk about Inside the…
- Interview with Amnon Kabatchnik · 19 minOn this episode of On Broadway, I speak with Amnon Kabatchnik, the author of the book, Bloody Broadway – Plays of Menace, Murder, and Mystery – Volume 1 900-1930. The book’s…
- Interview with Frank Verlizzo · 33 minThis week I speak with Frank Verlizzo, on his first book of the Retro Broadway Mystery Series – Scenery of the Crime. Before becoming an author, Frank Verlizzo was a legendary…
- Interview with Klea Blackhurst (Just Desserts) · 25 minI speak with actress and cabaret performer Klea Blackhurst, who will be starring in the new Off-Broadway musical, Just Desserts: A Musical Bake-Off. The show opens at the AMT…
- Interview with Henry H. Sapoznik · 36 minOn this episode of On Broadway, I speak with Henry H. Sapoznik, a Peabody Award-winning coproducer of NPR's Yiddish Radio Project, about his book - The Tourist's Guide to Lost…
- Interview with David Armstrong · 53 minI speak with David Armstrong, an American stage director, writer, producer, podcaster, and educator, about his book, The Broadway Musical: How Immigrants, Jews, Queers and…
- Interview with Rupert Holmes · 36 minI interview Rupert Holmes, known for his Tony Award-winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. I spoke to him, primarily, on his adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical…
- Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd · 36 minWe welcome back Sondheim scholar Rick Pender, who talks about his new book, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Masterpiece. "An award-winning Sondheim…
- Interview with Frankie Dailey · 34 minI speak with Frankie Dailey, the New Works Director at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. The organization’s 37th Annual Festival of New Musicals will take place on…
- Interview with Rob Ruggiero · 1 h 9 minI speak with Rob Ruggiero, the Artistic Director of TheaterWorks Hartford, who is directing the 50th anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical…
- Interview with Mike Hadge · 1 h 15 minI chat with Mike Hadge - comedy writer, content creator, producer and songwriter - about his musical Doofyland, where he wrote the book, music and lyrics. A brief description of…
- Interview with Jeffrey Seller · 1 h 5 minI speak with Jeffrey Seller about his memoir Theater Kid, which is a coming-of-age tale from the most successful American producer of our time. He is one of the masterminds…
- Dead Outlaw · 35 minA rollicking conversation with the composing team behind the current Broadway hit, Dead Outlaw - David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna. The two, life-long friends, engage in an…
- Interview with Daniel Jenkins · 27 minI interview with Daniel Jenkins (Big River, Big – the Musical), who is appearing in the new Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire revue, About Time. About Time, which runs at…
- Interview with John Yun · 32 minI interview John Yun, who is currently the music director for the Broadway production of Maybe Happy Ending. We talk about this multi-Tony Award nominated musical. John has…
- Interview with James Magruder · 37 minIn this week’s episode of On Broadway, I speak with James Magruder, author of the new book, The Play's the Thing : Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016). The book’s…
- Interview with Ted Vives · 32 minI speak withTed Vives, who has written the score and book to a musical entitled Scientific Method. The show is unproduced, but did recently receive an honorable mention by the…
- Interview with John Kendrick · 42 minI chat with the highly opinionated and entertaining John Kendrick - author, teacher and theatre and film historian. His 2008 book Musical Theatre: A History is a comprehensive…
- Interview with Trevor Bofffone · 47 minI chat with Trevor Boffone, a social media content creator and author, about his new book - TikTok Broadway: Musical Theater Fandom in the Digital Age.
- The Queen is Mad · 40 minI chat with Tom James McGrath (book, music & lyrics) and Amy Clare Tasker (book & lyrics) who wrote the new British musical - The Queen is Mad. The plot: The Queen is Mad is…
- Interview with Karen Mason · 48 minI chat with Karen Mason about her career and latest recording, Karen Mason and All That Jazz!, which celebrates the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. I also play a few…
- BroadwayHD · 32 minchat with Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley, co-founders of the on-demand digital streaming service BroadwayHD. The company records and distributes live theater performances and…
- Interview with Ellis Nassour · 37 minMy guest on this week's episode of 'On Broadway' is Ellis Nassour. He is the author of the new book, Jesus Christ Superstar: Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Musical Phenomenon.
- Episode 20 - The Complete Stephen Sondheim · 40 minThe 20th, and final, episode in a series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, the author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, is our musical guide. For…
- Evil Dead - The Interview · 27 minJust in time for Halloween, I chat with George Reinblatt, playwright, television and comedy writer and lyricist and co-composer to Evil Dead - The Musical.
- Interview with Joshua Rosenblum · 42 minI chat with with Joshua Rosenblum on his book, Closer than Ever: The Unique Six-Decade Songwriting Partnership of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire.
- Interview with Laura Frankos · 36 minI chat with Laura Frankos, author of the book, Broadway Revival, a historical, fictional work that has an actor, David W. Greenbaum, go back in time to save George Gershwin from…
- Interview with Kate Navin · 25 minI speak with Kate Navin, Head of Audible Theater. They just celebrated their 5th year anniversary producing works at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village.
- Interview with Michael John LaChiusa · 28 minI chat with Michael John LaChiusa, the American musical theatre and opera composer, lyricist, and librettist. He is best known for musically esoteric shows such as Hello Again…
- Interview with Kevin Winkler (On Bette Midler) · 34 minIn this episode, I interview Kevin Winkler, the author of On Bette Midler: An Opinionated Guide. Kevin chronicles her career from the New York City Continental Baths through her…
- Interview With Susan Dormady Eisenberg · 37 minThis week’s podcast episode is a conversation with Susan Dormady Eisenberg, the author of the historical fiction novel, One More Seat at the Round Table. Here’s a description of…
- Episode 19 - The Complete Stephen Sondheim · 30 minThe 19th episode in a series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, the author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, is our musical guide. For this episode…
- Interview with Robert W. Schneider - The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway · 30 minI chat with Robert W. Schneider, an award-winning Director, Producer, Author, Educator, Podcast Host, and Artistic Director of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, about his…
- Interview with Patrick Pacheco · 37 minThis week I chat with Patrick Pacheco who helped the late Chita Rivera write her autobiography - Chita: A Memoir. Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero – Chita – created some of…
- Interview with Matt Gould · 25 minI speak with Matt Gould, composer and co-librettist, of the new Broadway musical Lempicka. We chat about the show and his approaching to writing music.
- Interview with Stephen Cole · 33 minAuthor Stephen Cole talks about his fictional, time-traveling novel, MARY & ETHEL…and Mikey Who?, which has taken the real-life friendship with Ethel Merman and Mary Martin…
- Interview with Martin Fitzgibbon · 35 minI chat with Martin Fitzgibbon, who was a young drummer in the band during the creation of the The Rocky Horror Show in 1973. In his memoir, Behind the Curtain: My Life and Rocky…
- 2024 Bracket Challenge · 6 minSoundsofBroadway's Stuart Brown talks about our current Bracket Challenge - Favorite Musical From the Golden Age (Oklahoma! in 1943 through the year 1964). Each week, listeners…
- Interview with Van Dean · 32 minI chat with Van Dean, a Grammy and Tony-winning producer who has just launched a new record label, Center Stage Records. Previously, he ran Broadway Records. We talk about, among…
- Episode 18 - The Complete Stephen Sondheim · 22 minThe 18th episode in a series on the complete works of Stephen Sondheim. Rick Pender, the author of the The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, is our musical guide. For this episode…
