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SHOW BOAT Music by Jerome Kern | Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on the novel SHOW BOAT by Edna Ferber Episode Segments: 1:58 - Speed Test 4:24 - Why God Why 8:27 - Back to Before 28:08 - What's Inside 54:27 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:13:33 - Our Favorite Things 1:19:05 - Corner of the Sky 1:20:27 – What Comes Next? Works Consulted & Reference : Show Boat (Original Li...

HAIR  Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado | Music by Galt MacDermot | Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler | Original Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre Episode Segments: 2:25 - Speed Test 4:09 - Why God Why 8:04 - Back to Before 25:26 - What's Inside 42:47 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:06:25 - Our Favorite Things 1:14:56 - Corner of the Sky 1:18...

It was a loverly day when  My Fair Lady  opened on Broadway in 1956, and it quickly became a smash hit and beloved classic. Writing team Lerner and Loewe succeeded where others had failed and turned George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion into a musical - and what a musical! We'll look at the show's complex pre-history and thorny rehearsal days, and dive into the question of whether the show is a rom...

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken | Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith | Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Episode Segments: 3:36 - Speed Test 5:06 - Why God Why 10:31 - Back to Before 24:16 - What's Inside 53:43 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:08:32 - Our Favorite Things 1:1...

A CHORUS LINE  Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante | Music by Marvin Hamlisch | Lyrics by Edward Kleeban | Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett Episode Segments: 1:55 - Speed Test 3:25 - Why God Why 8:07 - Back to Before 23:48 - What's Inside 50:15 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:13:45 - Our Favorite Things 1:22:10 - Corner of the Sky 1:24:09 – What...

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, & Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Episode Segments: 1:36 - Speed Test 3:54 - Why God Why 6:13 - Back to Before 28:22 - What's Inside 46:15 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:03:38 - Our Favorite Things 1:10:42 - Corner of the Sky 1:15:15 – What Comes Next? Works Consulted & Referenced: Fiddler on the Roof (Original Libretto) by Jose...

RENT  Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Episode Segments: 1:51 - Speed Test  4:11 - Why God Why 6:17 - Back to Before 24:28 - What's Inside  48:04 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:11:58 - Our Favorite Things 1:17:27 - Corner of the Sky  1:22:21 – What Comes Next? Works Consulted: Rent (Original Libretto) by Jonathan Larson Rent by Jonathan Larson | Interviews and Text by Evelyn McD...

NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812  Book, Music & Lyrics by Dave Malloy | Adapted from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Episode Segments: 1:40 - Speed Test  5:09 - Why God Why 9:38 - Back to Before 26:19 - What's Inside  51:53 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:10:49 - Our Favorite Things 1:18:19 - Corner of the Sky  1:21:42 – What Comes Next? Works Consulted: Natasha, Pierre and the...

DREAMGIRLS  Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyen | Music by Henry Kieger | Original Broadway Production Directed & Choreographed by Michael Bennett | Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler | Produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and The Shubert Organization Episode Segments: 2:06 - Speed Test  5:18 - Why God Why 10:10 - Back to Before 30:26 - What's Inside  47:56 - How Do You Solve...

THE MUSIC MAN  Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson | Story by Meredith Willson & Franklin Lacey  Episode Segments: 1:20 - Speed Test 3:54 - Why God Why 5:50 - Back to Before 20:36 - What's Inside 44:08 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:07:34 - Our Favorite Things 1:17:29 - Corner of the Sky 1:21:53 – What Comes Next? Works Consulted: The Music Man (Original Libretto) by Meredith Willson &...

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR  Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Tim Rice | A rock opera based on the last week of Jesus’ life Episode Segments: 0:59 - Speed Test  4:01 - Why God Why 6:57 - Back to Before 25:51 - What's Inside  51:15 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:07:23 - Our Favorite Things 1:15:23 - Corner of the Sky  Works Consulted: Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Libretto) by And...

WICKED  Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Winnie Holzman | Based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Episode Segments: 1:43 - Speed Test  4:20 - Why God Why 5:43 - Back to Before 20:52 - What's Inside  46:06 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:03:58 - Our Favorite Things 1:15:00 - Corner of the Sky  Works Consulted: Wicked (O...

CABARET Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Book by Joe Masteroff | Based on The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood and the play I Am A Camera by John Van Druten.  Episode Segments: 1:44 - Speed Test  3:55 - Why God Why 5:17 - Back to Before 25:33 - What's Inside  50:37 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:06:42 - Our Favorite Things 1:14:55 - Corner of the Sky  Works Consulted:...

LES MISÉRABLES A Musical by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michele Schönberg | Based on a novel by Victor Hugo | Music by Claude-Michele Schönberg | Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer | Original French Text by Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel | Additional Material by James Fenton | Adapted and Originally Directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird | Orchestrations by John Cameron | Original London Production by Cameron M...

GUYS AND DOLLS A Musical Fable of Broadway | Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser | Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows   Episode Segments: 1:35 - Remember 5:41 - Why God Why 6:49 - Back to Before 32:09 - What's Inside 51:46 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:00:59 - Our Favorite Things 1:13:03 - Corner of the Sky Works Consulted: The Making of Guys and Dolls by Keith Garebian Guys and Dolls (Lib...

SPRING AWAKENING  | Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater | Music by Duncan Sheik Episode Segments: 1:44 - Remember 4:42 - Why God Why 5:37 - Back to Before 22:31 - What's Inside 40:16 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 56:36 - Our Favorite Things 1:07:54 - Corner of the Sky Works Consulted: Spring Awakening (Libretto) Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik Spring Awakening: In the Fle...

INTO THE WOODS | Book by James Lapine | Music & Lyrics by  Stephen Sondheim  Episode Segments: 1:42 - Plot/Synopsis 6:15 - Why God Why 12:28 - Back to Before 24:35 - Deep Dive 49:59 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? 1:00:22 - Our Favorite Things 1:15:22 - Why It Works Works Consulted: Into the Woods (Libretto) Book by James Lapine, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Look, I Made A Hat by St...

ANNIE | Book by Thomas Meehan | Music by  Charles Strouse | Lyrics by Martin Charnin | Based on Little Orphan Annie by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc. Works Consulted: Annie (Libretto) Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin Annie (1999 Telefilm) Directed by Rob Marshall Put on a Happy Face by Charles Strouse Music Credits: "Overture" from Dear Worl...

SOUTH PACIFIC | Music by Richard Rodgers| Lyrics by  Oscar Hammerstein II  | Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener Works Consulted: South Pacific (Libretto) Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II South Pacific (Film) Directed by Joshu...