BROADWAY NATION

Broadway Podcast Network

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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.

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Recent episodes

  • MEREDITH WILLSON & BROADWAY'S DOUBLE SONGS, part 2Oct 22, 2026 · 46 min
  • Irving Berlin and Broadway's Double Songs, part 1Oct 14, 2026 · 46 min
  • Finale: Sunday in the Park, Into the Woods, and Gemignani.Sep 17, 2026 · 50 min
  • SWEENEY, MERRILY, EVITA, DREAMGIRLS and GEMIGNANISep 7, 2026 · 44 min
  • SONDHEIM, PRINCE, and GEMIGNANIAug 19, 2026 · 40 min
  • SONDHEIM'S FIRST CHOICE — PAUL GEMIGNANI with author MARGARET HALLAug 11, 2026 · 35 min
  • CAREFUL THE SPELL 3 — HOW SONDHEIM EXTENDED THE RANGE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICALAug 3, 2026 · 45 min
  • CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST, Part 2 with author BEN FRANCISJul 26, 2026 · 30 min
  • CAREFUL THE SPELL YOU CAST with author BEN FRANCIS, Part 1Jul 17, 2026 · 45 min
  • Everything Sondheim: Inside the Creation of the Stephen Sondheim EncyclopediaJul 11, 2026 · 46 min

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