226 Episodes

  1. A Special Encore Episode: "White Christmas" — The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, part 1

    Published: 12/22/2022
  2. Special ENCORE Episode; Noel Coward, Larry Hart, Herbert Fields & The Queers Who Invented Broadway

    Published: 12/15/2022
  3. Episode 90: A Novel Approach To Broadway History

    Published: 12/8/2022
  4. Episode 89: More Of Why We Love/Hate Movie Musicals!

    Published: 12/1/2022
  5. Episode 88: Why We Love/Hate Movie Musicals, part 1

    Published: 11/24/2022
  6. Episode 87: Sondheim And Me

    Published: 11/17/2022
  7. Episode 86: A Preview of the Museum Of Broadway!

    Published: 11/10/2022
  8. Episode 85: RETURN OF THE MONSTER MUSICAL!

    Published: 11/3/2022
  9. Episode 84: Attack Of The Monster Musical, part 1

    Published: 10/27/2022
  10. Episode 83: Inside The Creation of FOLLIES

    Published: 10/20/2022
  11. Episode 82: Broadway Musical Debates, Disputes, & Disagreements

    Published: 10/13/2022
  12. Special Encore Episode: Cameron Mackintosh & The British Invasion of Broadway

    Published: 10/6/2022
  13. Special ENCORE Episode: George Gershwin, Vincent Youmans & The Silver Age Of Broadway, part 1

    Published: 9/29/2022
  14. Episode 81: RAZZLE DAZZLE: A Brief History of Lighting Design On Broadway, part 2.

    Published: 9/22/2022
  15. Episode 80: COLOR AND LIGHT: A Brief History of Broadway Lighting Design

    Published: 9/15/2022
  16. Episode 79: Further Scandals Of George White

    Published: 9/8/2022
  17. Episode 78: George White And His Scandals!

    Published: 9/1/2022
  18. Episode 77: 20 Years of HAIRSPRAY, Part 3.

    Published: 8/25/2022
  19. Episode 76: 20 Years of HAIRSPRAY, part 2

    Published: 8/18/2022
  20. Episode 75: FINALE: Sunday In The Park, Into The Woods, Crazy For You & GEMIGNANI

    Published: 8/11/2022

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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.