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Halloween & Presidents on Broadway

Listen to Halloween themed Broadway music on Oct. 31 & Presidential themed Broadway music on Nov. 1.

Sounds of Broadway creator Stuart Brown in his home studio.
Sounds of Broadway creator Stuart Brown in his home studio.

Sounds of Broadway (SoundsofBroadway.com), the 24/7 online Broadway music radio station, will be featuring six hours of Halloween themed music from the Off-Broadway and Broadway stages from 2:00 – 8:00PM EST on Saturday, October 31. There will be songs from such musicals as “The Addams Family,” “Hadestown,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Phantom of the Opera,” and many more.

On Sunday, November 1, beginning at 5:00 PM EST, the station will be airing a Presidential themed block, which will include the audio recording of the original cast of “MacBird!,” the 1967 Off-Broadway satire by Barbara Garson that superimposes the John F. Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth. There will also be over two hours of Presidential themed music from the Broadway stage, which will include such shows as “Hamilton,” “1776,” “Rap Master Ronnie,” “How to Steal an Election,” and many others

Sounds of Broadway was created by West Hartford resident Stuart Brown and offers the most wide-ranging listing of music from the musical theater. Over 4,800 songs from about 635 Off-Broadway, Broadway, and West End musicals are in the station’s database. Currently, the station averages over 17,500 listeners a month, from dozens of countries and the audience numbers have been growing by double digit increases.

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