Broadway Bound

Series produced by Garrett Stack

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A 2-hour program of music from Broadway. Features a couple of dozen performances from classic Broadway, most from the 20th Century, with commentary and background information about the music and the performers. Developed for WMNR, since 2005 Broadway Bound radio shows have aired on this public radio station in Monroe, CT.

Broadway musicals have the power to inspire, entertain and teach. Broadway Bound features individual tracks from classic Broadway musicals mostly from the 20th century. Tributes, focus on themes, spotlights on select new recordings is just part of what makes this program entertaining and informative.


118 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Desert Island Broadway Discs - REWORKED
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
Caption: What would you take?
If you had to choose a couple dozen Broadway tunes on your desert island, what would they be?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:10
  • Purchases: 3
Celebrating George Gershwin & A Chorus Line's 40th
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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George Gerhswin was one of America's greatest composers - & - A Chorus Line Turns 40!

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:54:33
  • Purchases: 1
Song & Dance
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Today's theme is "song & dance." Broadway celebrates both of those.

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:54:55
  • Purchases: 2
Broadway Ten Years Ago & Oklahoma Gets Facelift at 60
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
Caption: 2005 Broadway & Oklahoma's 60th
2005 saw a lot of new musicals come and go very fast. Of them all, one remains on Broadway today. And, the Oklahoma film gets a facelift at 60.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:53:52
Broadway Here & Now
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The 2015-16 Broadway Season is half-way through. Here's what's new and what's on the boards right now.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:30
Lesser Known Andrew Lloyd Weber Musicals and More
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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One of the most prolific composers on Broadway ever, Andrew Lloyd Weber has had his share of smaller successes.

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Essential Sondheim, Grease Live! & Classics
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Finally Sondheim is gathered in one neat place and Grease Live! thrives on CD along with classics on Broadway now

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 01:54:52
  • Purchases: 1
Broadway On Broadway
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Many a Broadway musical has had a Broadway show or a song about Broadway as part of its plot. Here are about two dozen.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:26
  • Purchases: 4
Broadway Bound General Edition #248
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
Caption: Broadway Bound 248
Featuring Broadway music from yesterday and today

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:40
  • Purchases: 3
2016 Tony Award Nominations
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The Tony Nominations are in. The Musicals and their casts are up fort awards. Let the suspense begin!

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  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:35
  • Purchases: 1
It's Tony Eve
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Tony nominated musicals and performers for the 2015-16 season are featured as well as Tony winners from 10 years and 25 years ago.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:41
1992 - 2016: Best Musicals/Best Revivals
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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A 25-year review of Broadways "best." Best Musical Tony and Best Musical Revival Tony.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:56:20
  • Purchases: 1
Coming Attractions on Broadway
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
Caption: Coming Attractions!
15 musicals are scheduled to open in the 2016-2017 Broadway season. Of them six are revivals.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:54:58
No Classics
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Thousands of Broadway songs fill hundreds of scores from flop shows. But sadly, only a relatively few of the many good ones are known. Here we list...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2016
  • Length: 01:54:55
  • Purchases: 5
2016 Mid-Summer Night's Broadway Outing
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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23 musicals were on Broadway in the middle of the 2016 summer. We count them down from #23 to #1 based on the percentage of seats sold in each venue.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:05
It Takes Two - or 3! [REWORKED]
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The Broadway song canon is filled with exciting, moving, funny and heart wrenching duets and trios.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Legends of Broadway
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The best of the best, are proven through the decades to appeal to Broadway audiences who know their contributions generation after generation.

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:34
  • Purchases: 3
Which Came First: The Music or the Show?
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
Caption: Which Came First?
A trend that hasn't stopped over the past few decades is building new shows around pre-existing music, as opposed to writing new music for new show...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 3
Production Numbers: Staples of Broadway Musicals
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The production number is at the heart of Broadway musicals. They follow certain rules that never get old. We love 'em.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:20
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Familiar: Classic Broadway Songs
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Not often, but sometimes Broadway songs break out of the theater and reach a huge audience beyond the footlights. Everybody knows them.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:20
  • Purchases: 5

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