The Death of the Broadway Musical

Despite the recent hoopla over the Tony nominations, industry watchers say it’s been a long, grim season on Broadway. New York Times chief theater critic Ben Brantley tells us why he recently declared the Broadway musical all but dead. Then we’ll hear from two veteran composer-lyricists who have written a new book on how to write a musical of your very own. Plus, Indian-American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa will be by to share his new trio project, which fuses jazz with the improvised music of South Asia.