ON BROADWAY – Details, episodes & analysis

I 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 his early, untimely death.

I 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.

I 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 Horror, he discusses the show, giving his unique insight into how the musical and its participants became an overnight success and created a cultural phenomenon still going strong over 50 years later.

On this episode, I chat with the multi-talented actor, Jason Graae, about his career and play selections from a number of the 75+ recordings he has appeared on.

It's the 63rd anniversary of the opening of the landmark musical, West Side Story. To celebrate, we play selections from six different recordings of the show.

On this episode we attempt to answer the questions posed by “Where?” 

Interview with author and composer, Mel Atkey. I talk with Mel about his book, "A Million Miles From Broadway," play songs from international musical productions as well as selections from scores he has written for the musical stage.

Selections from recent digitized vinyl albums that have been incorporated into the playlists of Sounds of Broadway, the 24/7 online Broadway radio station, including "Call Me Mister," "drat! the cat," "Pump Boys and Dinettes," and "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope."

It's the middle of the baseball season where players heed the advice from Damn Yankees and have "Heart." To help cheer them on, all songs in this episode have "Heart."

Interview with Gary Blackman, founding co-director of ArtsPower, one of America’s most prolific professional producers of original musicals for young audiences. We also hear songs from some of their shows.