BROADWAY NATION
A podcast by Broadway Podcast Network - Thursdays
177 Episodes
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Episode: 138: The Evolution of the American Musical
Published: 4/22/2024 -
Episode 137: Broadway Melody — A Novel Approach to Broadway History
Published: 4/11/2024 -
Carolyn, Dorothy, David, and More: Cy Coleman's Lyricists with special guest David Zippel
Published: 4/4/2024 -
Encore Episode: Patricia Zipprodt and the Women Who Invented Broadway
Published: 3/27/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: Irene Sharaff And The Women That Invented Broadway
Published: 3/21/2024 -
Episode 136: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER CAME TO BROADWAY
Published: 3/14/2024 -
Episode 135: GO INTO YOUR DANCE: The Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes, part 3
Published: 3/7/2024 -
Episode 134: Before GYPSY there was STAGE MOTHER — The Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes, part 2
Published: 2/29/2024 -
Episode 133: 42nd STREET & the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes
Published: 2/22/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: The Black Musical Returns!
Published: 2/15/2024 -
Episode 132: MARY & ETHEL & STEPHEN COLE
Published: 2/8/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: Tails Of Broadway - with theatrical animal trainer Bill Berloni
Published: 2/1/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: Inside The Creation of FOLLIES
Published: 1/25/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: Robbins, Fosse, Bennett & Gennaro! — The Craft and Art of Broadway Choreography
Published: 1/18/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: Katherine Dunham, Agnes de Mille & The Craft and Art of Broadway Choreography
Published: 1/11/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: "Sensory Abundance!": or, Why We Are Hooked On Musicals
Published: 1/4/2024 -
A Special Encore Episode: "White Christmas" — The Story Behind The World's Most Popular Song, part 2
Published: 1/1/2024 -
Special Encore Episode: The Story Behind White Christmas, part 1
Published: 12/28/2023 -
Episode 131: The Last NOEL!
Published: 12/21/2023 -
Episode 130: NOEL COWARD in LAS VEGAS
Published: 12/14/2023
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.