Episodes

Dec. 10, 2025

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 book by Moss Hart , cho...

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Dec. 7, 2025

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: How Immigrant, Jewish, Quee...

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Nov. 21, 2025

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, Albert Evans, was spendin...

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Sept. 26, 2025

The Most Produced Play in America: Come From Away

A conversation with authors IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN

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Sept. 19, 2025

Ep 186: GOING HOLLYWOOD — THE OXFORD GUIDES TO FILM MUSICALS

A new book series highlighting LOVE ME TONIGHT, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and LA LA LAND.

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Aug. 19, 2025

Special Pod Swap Episode: DAVID ARMSTRONG on THE WRONG CAT DIED podca…

This episode features David Armstrong who is the author & podcast host of Broadway Nation

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July 18, 2025

An Update on Broadway Nation!

A quick update on what's going on with Broadway Nation podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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June 26, 2025

CRAZY FOR NOSTALGIA! — BROADWAY'S NOSTALGIA CRAZE OF THE 1970s, Part …

In this episode I continue my review of Broadway’s Nostalgia Craze of the 1970s and beyond. Many of the musicals that emerged in the late 60s and very early 70s were also influenced by the incipient Nostalgia Craze, even if o...

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