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.
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Ep 197: Matching Minds With Sondheim with author Barry Joseph (01:05:18)
My guest this week is Barry Joseph, the author of the recent book, Matching
Minds with Sondheim.
Since his death, there have been so many books about Stephen Sondheim and various aspects of his lif...
Ep 196 The Last Waltz — In Search of Lost Broadway, part 4 (01:04:04)
This is the fourth and final episode in which Albert Evans and I go in search
of the 1934 smash-hit musical The Great Waltz, one of the longest-running
shows of the 1930s.
The goal of this occasional...
Ep 195: 40 Years of CHESS (00:47:30)
Because this is a Broadway history podcast, I don’t usually comment on recently opened productions, since we can’t know yet whether they will be historically significant. The exceptions, of course, ar...
Ep 194: The Great Waltz on Radio & TV (00:54:36)
On this week’s Broadway Nation podcast, Albert Evans and I once again go “In Search of Lost Broadway,” as part of our occasional podcast series in which we try to rediscover significant hit Broadway m...
Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby and the Story of "White Christmas," America's Most Popular Song, part 2 (00:41:17)
This is the second of two special holiday episodes of Broadway Nation. Just like the first, this is an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was given in December of 2019 at the Va...
Encore Episode: The Story Behind the Song, WHITE CHRISTMAS (00:34:25)
This is a special holiday reprise of one of Broadway Nation's most popular episodes: It's an audio version of a Broadway Nation Live! performance that was presented in December of 2019 at the Vashon C...
Ep 193: BY STRAUSS! In Search of THE GREAT WALTZ, part 2 (00:50:20)
This week Albert Evans joins me once again as we go “In Search of Lost Broadway.” Specifically, the 1934 smash-hit musical The Great Waltz, conceived, directed, and lighted by Hassard. Short, with a b...
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BROADWAY NATION! (00:02:16)
You are invited to join me on December 11 at 5:00 PM at The Museum of Broadway where Tony and Olivier Award-winning lyricist , David Zippel, will be interview me about my new book, Broadway Nation: Ho...
EP 192: IN SEARCH OF LOST BROADWAY — THE GREAT WALTZ (00:54:54)
This is the second in our occasional series of episodes that I'm calling "In Search of Lost Broadway,” in which my longtime colleague Albert Evans and I try to unearth and rediscover musicals that we...
Encore Episode: MY FIRST SONDHEIM (00:37:58)
This episode was recorded in 2021 just five days after it was announced that Stephen Sondheim had died and as it happened my friend, colleague and frequent co-host and contributor to Broadway Nation, ...
Ep 191: HOW A SONDHEIM REJECTION INSPIRED A BROADWAY NOVEL! (00:34:43)
My guest this week is DAN ELISH, author of a new novel called KING OF BROADWAY. As you will hear, the plot of this novel was inspired by a real life interaction that Dan had with the legendary Broadw...
QUEER MUSICALS 3 — FUN HOME, THE PROM, & JAGGED LITTLE PILL (00:33:29)
This is the third and final part of my conversation with author Rob Schneider, who returns to tell us more about his new book, Queer Musicals — Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill. On this episode, F...
This is the second part of my conversation with author Rob Schneider, who returns to tell us more about his new book, Queer Musicals — Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill. On this episode, Falsettos,...
Ep 188: QUEER MUSICALS — From Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill (00:38:27)
On this episode my guest is Rob Schneider, who returns to the podcast to talk about his new book, Queer Musicals — Boy Meets Boy to Jagged Little Pill.
Robert W. Schneider is a historian, director, p...
Ep 187: 20 YEARS of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (01:03:49)
Amazingly, this year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Broadway
musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
In 2005, after an incredibly short development period, opened first off-Broadway a...
Ep 6: Lorenz Hart & The Queer Artists Who Invented Broadway! (00:32:03)
To a great extent the Broadway Musical has been a queer creation -- and for more than 125 years the musical theater world has been filled with brilliant and creative LGBTQ people, including many in th...
COME FROM AWAY — The Most Produced Play of the Year, part 2 (00:36:42)
This is the second part of this Encore Episode from 2021 featuring a conversation with Irene Sankoff & David Hein — the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the international smash hit...
The Most Produced Play in America: Come From Away (00:38:24)
My guests today are Irene Sankoff & David Hein – the dynamic writing team and married couple that created the giant international smash hit musical Come From Away.
Five productions of Come From Away ...
Ep 186: GOING HOLLYWOOD — THE OXFORD GUIDES TO FILM MUSICALS (01:16:11)
On this special video and audio episode of Broadway Nation my guests are Dominic Broomfield—McHugh, editor of The Oxford Guides to Film Musicals, along with the authors of the first three books in thi...
Ep 185: CHALLENGING SONDHEIM — A conversation with RICHARD SCHOCH, part 5. (00:53:31)
This is the fifth and final episode in this series of conversations with RICHARD SCHOCH, author of the acclaimed book, HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
This week Richard and I discuss two of Stephe...
Ep 4: Eubie Blake & the Black Artists Who Invented Broadway (00:30:05)
The 1920s brought the second great era of musicals that were written by, staged by, and starring Black theater artists to Broadway. In this episode I profile these brilliant creators and stars includi...
Episode 3: Bert Williams & the Black Artists Who Invented Broadway (00:38:29)
African American theater artists played a significantly larger role in the creation of the Broadway Musical than is generally acknowledged — including an entire decade of nearly forgotten hit shows an...
Ep 184: SONDHEIM GIVES US MORE TO SEE — A Conversation with RICHARD SCHOCH, part 4. (01:00:24)
My guest again this week is RICHARD SCHOCH, author of the
much-acclaimed recent book, HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
This week, we explore two of Sondheim’s most brilliant works, Sunday In the P...
Episode 183: SONDHEIM MAKES HISTORY, a conversation with author Richard Schoch, part 3 (00:58:03)
My guest again this week is RICHARD SCHOCH, author of the
much-acclaimed recent book, HOW SONDHEIM CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
In the first two episodes of this series, Richard took us deep
inside the inn...
PodSwap! DAVID ARMSTRONG on THE WRONG CAT DIED podcast. (00:47:09)
“Some people might say CATS is a ripoff of A Chorus Line. I don’t want to go that far but it’s remarkably similar. I think it’s sort of a doppelganger of A Chorus Line.” In this episode, host Mike Abr...
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