226 Episodes

  1. Episode 26: Harold Prince & the Concept Musical - The Modern Era of Broadway, part 5

    Published: 11/4/2020
  2. Episode 25: The Black Musical Returns! - The Modern Era of Broadway, part 4.

    Published: 10/28/2020
  3. Episode 24: Crazy For Nostalgia - The Modern Era of Broadway, part 3

    Published: 10/21/2020
  4. Episode 23: "Everything Old Is New Again": The Modern Era of Broadway, Part 2.

    Published: 10/14/2020
  5. Episode 22: "Let The Sun Shine In" -- The Modern Era Of Broadway, Part 1

    Published: 10/7/2020
  6. Episode 21: Jerry Herman & The Golden Age of Broadway, part 3.

    Published: 9/30/2020
  7. Episode 20: GYPSY vs. THE SOUND OF MUSIC & The Golden Age Of Broadway

    Published: 9/23/2020
  8. Episode 19: West Side Story vs. The Music Man & The Golden Age of Broadway

    Published: 9/16/2020
  9. Episode 18: Patricia Zipprodt & The Women That Invented Broadway

    Published: 9/9/2020
  10. Episode 17: Irene Sharaff And The Women That Invented Broadway

    Published: 9/2/2020
  11. Episode 16: Jule Styne, Frank Loesser & The Golden Age of Broadway, Part 2

    Published: 8/26/2020
  12. Episode 15: Trude Rittman & The Women That Invented Broadway

    Published: 8/19/2020
  13. Episode 14: Lerner & Loewe and the "Golden Age of Broadway", Part 1

    Published: 8/12/2020
  14. Episode 13: How "The Bench Scene" Changed Broadway

    Published: 8/5/2020
  15. Episode 12: The Harbach, Hammerstein, Sondheim, Miranda Connection, Part 2

    Published: 7/29/2020
  16. Episode 11: The Harbach, Hammerstein, Sondheim, Miranda Connection, Part 1.

    Published: 7/22/2020
  17. Episode 10: Dietz & Schwartz And The Silver Age of Broadway, Part 2

    Published: 7/15/2020
  18. Episode 9: George Gershwin & "The Silver Age" of Broadway!

    Published: 7/8/2020
  19. Episode 8: Agnes DeMille & The Women That Invented Broadway

    Published: 6/24/2020
  20. Episode 7: Dorothy Fields & The Women That Invented Broadway

    Published: 6/20/2020

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A lively and opinionated cultural history of the Broadway Musical that tells the extraordinary story of how Immigrants, Jews, Queers, African-Americans and other outcasts invented the Broadway Musical, and how they changed America in the process.In Season One, host David Armstrong traces the evolution of American Musical Theater from its birth at the dawn of the 20th Century, through its mid-century “Golden Age”, and right up to its current 21st Century renaissance; and also explore how musicals have reflected and shaped our world -- especially in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and equality.