Scene to Song

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Hosted by writer Shoshana Greenberg, Scene to Song brings on a guest to talk about a musical, musical theater writer, or a topic or trend in musical theater. Theme music by Julia Meinwald.

Recent Episodes
  • Scene to Song Episode 38 Re-Release: Tom O'Horgan, Helen Miller, and Eve Merriam's Inner City
    May 14, 2025 – 57:29
  • Scene to Song Episode 122: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music
    Apr 28, 2025 – 01:05:45
  • Scene to Song Episode 121: Bible Musicals
    Apr 14, 2025 – 01:13:44
  • Scene to Song Bonus Episode: The Hitchcock Gays Supplemental: Discussing "Spellbound" with Shoshana Greenberg
    Mar 24, 2025 – 44:22
  • Scene to Song Episode 120: Representations of Russia/the USSR in Musical Theater
    Mar 13, 2025 – 01:15:38
  • Scene to Song Episode 119: Elphaba's Journey in Wicked
    Feb 24, 2025 – 55:17
  • Scene to Song Episode 118: The Sherman Brothers' Movie Musicals for Disney
    Feb 11, 2025 – 01:19:14
  • Scene to Song Episode 117: Season 7 Finale
    Dec 30, 2024 – 01:45:47
  • Scene to Song Episode 116: Musical Theater in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
    Dec 9, 2024 – 01:18:26
  • Scene to Song Episode 115: Women Writers in Musical Theater
    Nov 20, 2024 – 01:13:36
  • Scene to Song Episode 114: Queer Characters in Musical Theater
    Oct 14, 2024 – 01:17:49
  • Scene to Song Episode 113: Rodgers and Hart Musicals of the Late 1930s and Early 1940s
    Sep 10, 2024 – 01:15:00
  • Scene to Song Episode 112: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Cats Part 2
    Aug 12, 2024 – 01:05:52
  • Scene to Song Mini Episode: A "Why Is This So Good?" Collection
    Jul 24, 2024 – 34:28
  • Scene to Song Episode 1 Re-Release: Comedy in Musical Theater
    Jun 25, 2024 – 38:34
  • Scene to Song Episode 111: Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years
    Jun 11, 2024 – 01:17:58
  • Scene to Song Episode 110: Elphaba and Glinda from Wicked Are Absolutely Gay
    May 6, 2024 – 01:12:24
  • Scene to Song Episode 109: Jeanine Tesori Musicals
    Apr 9, 2024 – 01:16:41
  • Scene to Song Episode 108: The Bimbo or Ditz Character in Sondheim Musicals
    Mar 26, 2024 – 01:06:12
  • Scene to Song Episode 107: Neurodivergence and Disability Representation in The Light in the Piazza.
    Mar 11, 2024 – 01:07:45
  • Scene to Song Episode 106: Comedy Songs in Musical Theater
    Feb 26, 2024 – 01:09:59
  • Scene to Song Episode 105: Class, Race, and Gender Anxiety in Little Shop of Horrors
    Feb 12, 2024 – 01:13:25
  • Scene to Song Episode 104: Leonard Bernstein's New York City
    Jan 29, 2024 – 01:11:42
  • Scene to Song Episode 103: Season 6 Finale
    Dec 26, 2023 – 01:36:35
  • Scene to Song Episode 102: Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller’s Once Upon a Mattress
    Dec 11, 2023 – 01:07:03
  • Scene to Song Episode 101: David Bryan and Joe DiPietro’s Diana
    Nov 13, 2023 – 01:12:16
  • Scene to Song Episode 100: TV Musical Episodes Part II
    Oct 30, 2023 – 01:11:03
  • Scene to Song Episode 99: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Fun Home
    Oct 16, 2023 – 01:18:02
  • Scene to Song Episode 98: Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson’s Giant
    Oct 2, 2023 – 01:11:05
  • Scene to Song Episode 97: The Character of Rose in Gypsy
    Sep 18, 2023 – 01:06:57
  • Scene to Song Episode 96: The Musicals of Kurt Weill
    Sep 5, 2023 – 01:16:42
  • Scene to Song Episode 95: Five-Year Anniversary Live Show
    Jul 10, 2023 – 01:41:11
  • Scene to Song 5th Anniversary Show Teaser
    Jun 19, 2023 – 02:07
  • Scene to Song Episode 94: Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul’s Dear Evan Hansen
    May 15, 2023 – 01:10:47
  • Scene to Song Episode 93: Podcast Musicals
    May 1, 2023 – 57:02
  • Scene to Song Episode 92: Marriage in Musical Theater
    Apr 17, 2023 – 01:08:52
  • Scene to Song Episode 91: Stephen Sondheim’s Obsession with Moments and Dreams in His 1980s Musicals.
    Apr 4, 2023 – 01:10:38
  • Scene to Song Episode 90: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg
    Mar 20, 2023 – 01:12:29
  • Scene to Song Episode 89: The Musicals of Stephen Schwartz
    Mar 6, 2023 – 01:05:43
  • Scene to Song Episode 88: Song Cycles in Musical Theater
    Feb 20, 2023 – 01:08:45
  • Scene to Song Episode 87: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller, and Aubrey Lyles’s Shuffle Along
    Feb 6, 2023 – 01:10:33
  • Scene to Song Episode 86: Season 5 Finale
    Dec 27, 2022 – 01:43:12
  • Scene to Song Episode 85: History in Musical Theater
    Dec 5, 2022 – 01:02:43
  • Scene to Song Season 5 Finale Teaser
    Nov 28, 2022 – 02:07
  • Scene to Song Episode 84: Abolition in Musical Theater
    Nov 14, 2022 – 01:14:35
  • Scene to Song Episode 83: Musicals Whose Scores Outshine Their Books
    Oct 31, 2022 – 01:06:43
  • Scene to Song Episode 82: John O’Hara, Lorenz Hart, and Richard Rodgers’s Pal Joey
    Oct 17, 2022 – 01:11:53
  • Scene to Song Episode 81: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe’s The Phantom of the Opera
    Oct 3, 2022 – 01:11:17
  • Scene to Song Episode 80: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart’s Funny Girl
    Sep 19, 2022 – 01:09:33
  • Scene to Song Episode 79: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan’s Hairspray
    Aug 15, 2022 – 01:13:29
Recent Reviews
  • rrrrr6262
    Spectacular
    Thanks for making my retirement years extra special by having these Scene to Song Masterclasses at my fingertips. I’m a huge Bridges of Madison County fan having seen it over 17 times throughout the USA and once in the UK. I’m learning so much from you Shoshana and all of your knowledgeable guests. Keep up the great work.
  • Xcxctvy
    Great podcast
    Love listening, so different ,, interesting , fun and so informative. Public radio should pick this up
  • SBL1830
    Great podcast!
    I have an interest in theater, but not a lot of knowledge about musicals. I find this podcast to be informative and often fascinating. And it spurs me to seek out the musicals/artists that are discussed.
  • musician2E7E
    Scene to song.
    I really enjoyed the podcasts. They were very informative!
  • BML323
    Wide Range of Musical Theater Topics, Approached Earnestly
    This podcast covers a wide range of topics in musical theater, and the type of discussion can vary greatly depending on the guest and subject matter. But the common thread is always that musicals are treated with a serious critical and literary lens (while also celebrated as entertainment). My favorite episodes are those that dive deep into underexplored "big questions" regarding the form in general, but I also appreciate those that focus on a particular show I love.
  • JuliaEveM
    Smart cool musical theatre nerds!
    This is my new favorite podcast. It’s so fun to hear people who are so smart and passionate about musical theatre get into the weeds on everything from diversity in casting to outsider characters. You can tell a ton of prep work goes into making these interviews flow as well as they do, but they still feel like friends having a good time — not at all pretentious. I download it every (other) Monday morning and it’s made my commute so much more interesting!
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