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Anything Goes

 Paul Lazarus

Take a trip backstage with Broadway’s best – exclusive interviews with the leading creators of musical theatre. Based on the popular 1980s radio series produced and hosted by award-winning director and producer, Paul Lazarus, ANYTHING GOES is a celebration of storytelling through song, past, present and future. Now available in 30-minute segments. Hundreds of episodes featuring show-stopping interviews with composers, lyricists, book writers, directors and performing legends from the Broadway stage. A treasure trove of rare and famous songs performed by the original singers as well as the writers themselves. The series showcases interviews with living composers and lyricists like Stephen Sondheim, Gretchen Cryer and Stephen Schwartz, tributes to past greats like the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Comden & Green, Dorothy Parker and Ethel Merman as well as early encounters with now famous tunesmiths like Alan Menken, William Finn and Craig Carnelia. Anything Goes is everything Musical Theatre. Join Paul Lazarus as he explores the dazzling history of the musical stage. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Visual Arts Performing Arts Arts Society & Culture
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
33 minutes
Episodes
107
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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38 Micki Grant I

38 Micki Grant I

The first of a two-part program featuring Broadway performer and composer-lyricist Micki Grant, known for her scores to DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE, YOUR ARMS TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD, and her ama…

00:33:47  |   Mon 08 Sep 2025
24 Dorothy Fields

24 Dorothy Fields

Dorothy Fields, daughter of comedy star, Lew Fields, lyricist and librettist of such stage classics as A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, SWEET CHARITY and ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, along with numerous memorable fi…
00:32:26  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
23 E.Y.

23 E.Y. "Yip" Harburg

E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, renowned lyricist and book writer for Broadway and film, the writer behind such iconic works as FINIAN’S RAINBOW, JAMAICA, and the film musical, THE WIZARD OF OZ, recounts his ill…
00:32:16  |   Mon 25 Aug 2025
22 Thomas Z. Shepard

22 Thomas Z. Shepard

Thomas Z. Shepard, legendary record producer whose countless cast albums include the Houston Grand Opera production of PORGY AND BESS, 1776, DAMES AT SEA, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, SWEENEY TODD…
00:32:01  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
21 The Art of Orchestration

21 The Art of Orchestration

A look at The Art of Orchestration, featuring four of Broadway’s greatest: Robert Russell Bennett (Show Boat, Oklahoma), Hans Spialek (Anything Goes, On Your Toes), Jonathan Tunick (Company, Pacific …
00:32:28  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
18 Marc Blitzstein

18 Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein, composer and lyricist noted for THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, THE AIRBORNE SYMPHONY, JUNO, and REGINA, discusses his life and work. He recalls the political controversy around THE CRADLE WIL…
00:32:06  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
16 Jule Styne

16 Jule Styne

Excerpts from an interview with Jule Styne, famed composer of FUNNY GIRL, BELLS ARE RINGING, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, PETER PAN and Broadway classic GYPSY. Styne discusses his life and career and pe…
00:40:34  |   Mon 28 Jul 2025
15 Burton Lane

15 Burton Lane

Burton Lane, composer of such celebrated Broadway shows as FINIAN’S RAINBOW and ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, along with songs for over thirty films including ROYAL WEDDING and BABES IN ARMS, d…
00:32:36  |   Mon 21 Jul 2025
14 Richard Maltby, Jr.

14 Richard Maltby, Jr.

Richard Maltby, Jr., director and lyricist of such shows as STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW, BABY, and the multi-award-winning Fats Waller tribute AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, discusses his career from his earlies…
00:32:27  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
13 Sheldon Harnick

13 Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Harnick, acclaimed writer of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, FIORELLO!, SHE LOVES ME, THE ROTHSCHILDS, and more, shares highlights from his oevre. He speaks about his career beginnings after leaving the…
00:32:29  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
12 Jim Wann

12 Jim Wann

Jim Wann, composer, lyricist, and performer of PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES talks about the Country and American Roots-influenced scores he brought to the stage. He discusses his early work Off-Broadway, i…
00:33:17  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
11 Maury Yeston

11 Maury Yeston

Maury Yeston, composer-lyricist of the Tony-winning musical NINE, talks about his score for the adaptation of Federico Fellini’s film, “8 1/2.” Yeston also discusses his incidental score and song for…
00:32:31  |   Mon 23 Jun 2025
10 Kander and Ebb II

10 Kander and Ebb II

Part two of our conversation with John Kander and Fred Ebb, songwriters for such Broadway shows as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 70, GIRLS, 70, THE RINK, THE HAPPY TIME, and ZORBA. They talk about their writing…
00:32:30  |   Mon 16 Jun 2025
09 Kander and Ebb I

09 Kander and Ebb I

John Kander and Fred Ebb, the writing team behind such shows as CHICAGO, CABARET, FLORA THE RED MENACE, are interviewed about their over twenty-year collaboration. They discuss how they first met, th…
00:32:23  |   Mon 09 Jun 2025
08 Gretchen Cryer & Carol Hall

08 Gretchen Cryer & Carol Hall

Gretchen Cryer, writer of I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD, and Carol Hall, songwriter of THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, speak about their careers on the musical theater st…
00:32:34  |   Mon 02 Jun 2025
07 Joseph Stein

07 Joseph Stein

The legendary book writer of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and THE BAKER’S WIFE, Joseph Stein, shares his writing process and his insights into what contributes to a good book of a musical. Together with Elisa…
00:32:41  |   Mon 26 May 2025
06 Craig Carnelia

06 Craig Carnelia

Composer-lyricist Craig Carnelia talks IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, his contributions to WORKING under Stephen Schwartz, and an un-produced show titled, THE NEWCOMERS. Carnelia takes us through h…
00:32:24  |   Mon 19 May 2025
05 Comden and Green II

05 Comden and Green II

Betty Comden and Adolph Green walk us through BELLS ARE RINGING, SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, FADE OUT – FADE IN, HALLELUJAH, BABY!, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, and A DOLL’S LIFE. They describe their expe…
00:32:35  |   Mon 12 May 2025
04 Comden and Green I

04 Comden and Green I

Betty Comden and Adolph Green, famed musical theatre writing team discuss their careers. Authors of arguably the best film musical ever, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, and countless Broadway musicals including…
00:32:36  |   Mon 05 May 2025
03 Stephen Schwartz

03 Stephen Schwartz

Twenty years before he wrote WICKED, Stephen Schwartz talks about GODSPELL, PIPPIN and other early shows. The composer-lyricist explains how he got his start on Broadway with the title song for BUTTE…
00:32:21  |   Mon 28 Apr 2025
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