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SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Book by James Lapine Works Consulted & Reference : Sunday in the Park Withe George (Original Libretto) by James Lapine & Stephen Sondheim Look, I Made A Hat by Stephen Sondheim Putting It Together by James Lapine Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed...

KISS ME, KATE | Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter | Book by Sam & Bella Spewack Works Consulted & Reference : Kiss Me, Kate (Original Libretto) by Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack & Cole Porter Kiss Me Kate (Revised 1999 Libretto) by Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack & Cole Porter Cole Porter: A Biography by Charles Schwartz Cole Porter by William McBrien Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s by Eth...

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | Text by John Cameron Mitchell | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask  Works Consulted & Reference : Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Libretto) by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway Libretto) by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask, Directed by Michael Mayer "John Cameron Mitchell reflects on 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' - Q with Tom...

PIPPIN Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Roger O. Hirson | Originally Produced on Broadway by Stuart Ostrow | Directed on the Broadway Stage by Bob Fosse  Works Consulted & Reference : Pippin (Original Libretto) by Roger O. Hirson & Stephen Schwartz Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway by Elyssa Gardner  Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadw...

HADESTOWN Book, Music, & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell  Works Consulted & Reference : Hadestown (Original Libretto) by Anaïs Mitchell Working on A Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin "The Speed Test" from  Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Orig...

Curtain up on the 50th deep dive of KNOW THE SHOW as Anika and Michael delve into GYPSY, widely considered to be the greatest musical of all time.

THE SECRET GARDEN  Book & Lyrics by Marsha Norman | Music by Lucy Simon | Adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Works Consulted & Reference : The Secret Garden (Original Libretto) by Marsha Norman Creating THE SECRET GARDEN Produced by Broadway Podcast Network Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear Wor...

HAMILTON  Book, Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Based on Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow  Works Consulted & Reference : Hamilton (Original Libretto) by Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter & Liin-Manuel Miranda  Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by...

Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin "The Room Where It Happened" from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) |  Written by Lin-Manuel MIranda |  Performed by Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton "On the Ba...

THE KING AND I  Music by Richard Rodgers | Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon | Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins Works Consulted & Reference : The King and I (Original Libretto) Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Reco...

Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin "Greased Lightnin'" from Grease (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |  Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey |  Performed by John Travolta , Jeff Conaway

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD  Book, Music, & Lyrics by Rupert Holmes | Based on the novel by Charles Dickens | Original Broadway production produced by New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer Works Consulted & Reference : The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Original Libretto) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012 Revised Libretto) Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Re...

THE WIZ  Book by William F. Brown | Music & Lyrics by Charlie Smalls | From the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Works Consulted & Reference : The Wiz (Original Libretto) Oz and the Musical by Ryan Bunch Black Broadway by  Stewart F. Lane "Easin' on Down the Yellow Brick Road: A Black Man's Journey to Oz" by Andre De Shields  Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Br...

ANYTHING GOES  Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter | Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse | New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman Works Consulted & Reference : Once On This Island (Libretto) by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Or...

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND  Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty  Works Consulted & Reference : Once On This Island (Libretto) by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin "The Speed Test" from  Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway C...

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG  Book by George Furth, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Works Consulted & Reference : Merrily We Roll Along (Libretto) by George Furth & Stephen Sondheim Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince Facing the Music by David Loud The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened by Lonny Price Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original...

SHE LOVES ME  Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by Jerry Bock, & Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Works Consulted & Reference : She Loves Me (Libretto) by Joe Masteroff & Sheldon Harnick Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince To Broadway, To Life! The Musical Theatre of Bock & Harnick by Philip Lambert She Loves Me (2016 Live Capture ) Directed by Scott Ellis Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original B...

COME FROM AWAY  Book, Music, & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein  Works Consulted & Reference : Come From Away (Libretto) by Irene Sankoff & David Hein Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical  by Laurence Maslon Come From Away (2021 Live Capture ) Directed by Christopher Ashley Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music...

DAMN YANKEES  Book by Douglass Wallop & George Abbott | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Ross & Richard Adler | Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop Works Consulted & Reference : Damn Yankees (Libretto) by Douglass Wallop & George Abbott Damn Yankees (Revised Libretto) by Joe DiPietro Damn Yankees (1958 Film) Directed by George Abbott Fosse by Sam Wasson Sense of Occa...

THE LION KING  Music & Lyrics by Elton John & Tim Rice | Additional Music & Lyrics by Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, & Hans Zimmer | Book by Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi  |  Adapted from the Screenplay by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, & Linda Woolverton Works Consulted & Reference : The Lion King (Original Production Directed by Julie Taymor) The Lion King (Original Film Directe...

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY  Book by Marsha Norman | Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown  |  Based on the novel by Robert James Waller Works Consulted & Reference : The Bridges of Madison County (Licensing Script) by  Marsha Norman & Jason Robert Brown "Tony Award Winning Duo Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown Discuss ‘Bridges of Madison County’" in American Theatre by Suzy Evans "Opening the...

1776  Book by Peter Stone | Music & Lyrics by Sherman Edwards  |  Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards Works Consulted & Reference : 1776 (Original Libretto) by  Peter Stone & Sherman Edwards "The Making of America's Musical - 1776: The Story Behind the Story" by Jeffrey Kare Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dea...

CHICAGO  Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse | Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb |  Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins Works Consulted & Reference : Chicago (Original Libretto) by  Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse Fosse by Sam Wasson Colored Lights: Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz by John Kander, Fred Ebb, as told to Greg Lawrence Music Credits: "Overture"...

FUNNY GIRL  Music by Jule Styne | Lyrics by Bob Merrill | Book by Isabel Lennart from an original story by Miss Lennart  Works Consulted & Reference : Funny Girl (Original Libretto) by  Isabel Lennart & Bob Merrill Jule: The Story of Composer Jule Styne by Theodore Taylor Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear Wor...

FUN HOME  Music by Jeanine Tesori | Lyrics by Lisa Kron | Book by Lisa Kron | Based on the Graphic Novel Fun Home by Alison Bechdel |  Works Consulted & Reference : Fun Home (Original Libretto) by Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Music Credits: "Overture" from  Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)   | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald...