Performing Arts
Breakfast in Hollywood
Breakfast in Hollywood is a warm, audience-centered radio variety program hosted by Tom Breneman. Its setting is a Hollywood restaurant, whe…
Biography in Sound
Biography in Sound presents radio portraits of notable figures, using narration, archival recordings, and dramatic scenes to trace the lives…
The Railroad Hour
The Railroad Hour brings Broadway musicals and operettas to radio in polished, condensed performances. With Gordon MacRae as host and leadin…
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood brings the celebrated Hollywood columnist to the microphone for a program centered on the people and happenings of …
Metropolitan Opera Auditions
Metropolitan Opera Auditions brings aspiring opera singers before listeners in a radio program devoted to vocal performance. The title ident…
Broadway in Review
Broadway in Review offers a radio look at the world of Broadway theater. The title suggests a program centered on reviewing and discussing s…
Major Bowes Amateur Hour
Major Bowes Amateur Hour brings aspiring performers before radio listeners in a talent competition hosted by Major Edward Bowes. Singers, mu…
Behind the Scenes in Hollywood
This installment of Behind the Scenes in Hollywood focuses on the sound technician's role in making movies. It offers a look at the work inv…
Metropolitan Opera
Hear Marjorie Lawrence sing “Dido’s Lament,” the celebrated aria from Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas. The Metropolitan Opera title id…
CBS Open House
CBS Open House was a variety program built around a changing mix of entertainment rather than a single continuing story. Its broadcasts brou…
The Bob Hope Show
Bob Hope’s radio comedy centers on the quick-witted comedian and his lively exchanges with performers and guests. The program brings togethe…
Fanny Brice Frank Morgan Show
Fanny Brice and Frank Morgan headline this radio program associated with Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. The title points to an opening-night b…
Chuck Schaden Interviews
Chuck Schaden interviews Chicago actors in this radio program. The conversation offers a glimpse into the experiences and perspectives of pe…
The American Showmen
The American Showmen presents a program about George M. Cohan, the American entertainer, songwriter, playwright, and producer whose work hel…
Showtime from Hollywood
Showtime from Hollywood is a radio variety program built around popular entertainment and performances from the world of Hollywood. Its form…
Al Jolson Show
Al Jolson brings his exuberant personality and musical talent to this radio variety program. The show centers on Jolson as singer and entert…
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel brings the glamour and bustle of the movie business to radio, mixing entertainment news and Hollywood personalities with mus…
Howard Miller Show
The Howard Miller Show is a radio variety program hosted by Howard Miller. Its format centers on the host’s conversations and entertainment,…
The American Showmen
The American Showmen presents stories about notable figures in American entertainment. This installment focuses on Florenz Ziegfeld, the the…
Jimmy Fiddler Show
The Jimmy Fidler Show is a radio program associated with Hollywood columnist and broadcaster Jimmy Fidler, whose commentary brought the worl…