Episodes

155
Nov. 6, 2026

Ep 205: ADAPTATION IN MUSICAL THEATRE with author ADAM RUSH

Legally Blonde, Fun Home, Wicked and more!
152
Oct. 30, 2026

Ep 204: BROADWAY'S DOUBLE SONGS, part 3

With special guest Albert Evans
Oct. 14, 2026

Irving Berlin and Broadway's Double Songs, part 1

Welcome to Season Four! Broadway Nation is back with a new season of all-new episodes that will take you deep inside the history of the Broadway musical with a special emphasis on the Immigrant Jewish, Queer, and Black artists who invented it. I have a fantastic slate of guests and topics lined up over the coming weeks and months, and today we kick it all off with the return of my frequent co-host and partner in crime, Albert Evans, and the first in a series of episodes exploring the Double Son...
Aug. 19, 2026

SONDHEIM, PRINCE, and GEMIGNANI

Summer of Sondheim Series
July 6, 2026

GEORGE M. COHAN —THE MAN WHO OWNED BROADWAY

With Elizabeth T. Craft author of Yankee Doodle Dandy — George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage
July 3, 2026

GEORGE M. COHAN and the BROADWAY STAGE

With Elizabeth T. Craft author of Yankee Doodle Dandy — George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage
June 28, 2026

42nd Street and the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes

With Maya Cantu, author of GREASEPAINT PURITAN
June 23, 2026

Julian Eltinge In Hollywood , part 3 (Encore)

With Andrew L. Erdman author of Beautiful — The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator
June 18, 2026

Encore Episode: The Musical Theater of Julian Eltinge

With Andrew L. Erdman author of "Beautiful — The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator."
June 13, 2026

America's First Drag Superstar: Julian Eltinge, part 1

With Andrew L. Erdman author of "Beautiful — The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator."
May 31, 2026

Encore Episode: Round in Circles, part 2

"Now I know why these people have hits!"
196
May 3, 2026

Ep 201: More Feminist Approaches in Musical Theatre

With authors Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf
197
April 13, 2026

Ep 200: Feminist Approaches to Musical Theatre

With authors Paige Allen & Stacy Wolf