Know the Show

IN THE SPOTLIGHT'S FIRST ANNUAL SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR! 

Episode Segments:

• 1:52 - Speed Test
• 4:28 - Dear Friend
• 19:58 - Our Favorite Things
• 34:05 - I Wish
• 37:33- Let's Start the New Year Right

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)" from Moulin Rouge 2 | Music by Chris Elliot, Geoff Foster, Simon Leadley, Tim Ryan, Richard Rodgers, & Jacques Offenbach  | Lyrics by Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pierce, Oscar Hammerstein II, Elton John & Bernie Taupin | Performed by Jim Broadbent, Nicole Kidman, Jacek Koman, John Leguizamo, Ewan McGregor, Garry McDonald,, Richard Roxburgh, and Matthew Whittet
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Into the Woods (Prologue)" from Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast)
• “Let's Start the New Year Right” from Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin | Performed by Lora Lee Gayer, Bryce Pinkham, Corbin Bleu & Holiday Inn Original Broadway Cast

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 Libretto) by Oscar Hammerstein II
• Show Boat (Harold Prince Version) by Oscar Hammerstein II
• Show Boat (Goodspeed Version) by Oscar Hammerstein II | Adapted by Rob Ruggiero
• Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical by Miles Krueger 
• Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor & Laurence Maslon
• Musical! A Grand Tour by Denny Martin Flinn
• B’WAY: The American Musical (2004 PBS Documentary)
• Showing Grit: Showboating North of the 44th Parallel by M. Nourbese Philip
• Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical by Todd Decker
• The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical by Warren Hoffman

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Bill” from Oh, Lady, Lady | Music by Jerome Kern & Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse | Performed by Kate Baldwin
• "Bill" from Show Boat (1993 Toronto Revival Cast) | Music by Jerome Kern | Words by P.G. Wodehouse & Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Lonnette McKee
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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
• 1:18:08 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Hair (Original Libretto) by Gerome Ragni & James Rado
• Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told by Kenneth Turan & Joseph Papp
• Joe Papp: An American Life by Helen Epstein 
• Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined A Generation by Eric Grode 
• It Happened On Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way by Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer
• “No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance”: A History of the American Musical Theater by Sheldon Patinkin
• Musical! A Grand Tour by Denny Martin Flinn
• B’WAY: The American Musical (2004 PBS Documentary)

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Manchester England” from Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Galt MacDermot & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado | Performed by James Rado & Hair Ensemble
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 romance, or sexist, or both. Find one enormous chair and settle in for our latest episode! 

MY FAIR LADY Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | Music by Frederick Loewe | Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s Motion Picture “PYGMALION” | Original Production Directed and Staged by Moss Hart

Episode Segments:

• 3:12 - Speed Test
• 5:28 - Why God Why
• 8:53 - Back to Before
• 31:39 - What's Inside
• 49:29 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:13:03 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:21:17 - Corner of the Sky
• 1:25:25 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Reference :

• My Fair Lady (Original Libretto) by Alan Jay Lerner
• Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
• The Street Where I Live by Alan Jay Lerner
• Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart by Steven Bach
• A Hymn to Him: The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (Edited by Benny Green)
• Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
• Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography by Edward Jablonski
• Inventing Champagne: The Worlds of Lerner and Loewe by Gene Lees
• Julie Andrews by Robert Windeler
• Rex: An Autobiography by Rex Harrison

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” from My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Frederick Loewe & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | Performed by Julie Andrews, Reid Shelton, Glenn Kezer, James Morris, Herb Surface, & My Fair Lady Ensemble
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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
• 1:16:17 - Corner of the Sky
• 1:20:41 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Referenced:

• Little Shop of Horrors (Original Libretto) by Howard Ashman
• The Little Shop of Horrors (Film) Directed by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
• "How Howard Ashman and Alan Menken Created the Iconic Little Shop of Horrors" by Louis Botto (Playbill.com)
• Howard (2018 Documentary) Directed by Don Hahn, Produced by Don Hahn, Lori Korngiebel and Jonathan Polenz

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Somewhere That's Green” from Little Shop of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Music by Alan Menken & Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Performed by Ellen Greene
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 Comes Next?

Works Consulted & Referenced:

• A Chorus Line (Original Libretto) by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
• On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line by Robert Viagas, Baayork Lee, & Thommie Walsh with the Entire Original Cast
• What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of A Chorus Line by Denny Martin Flinn
• The Longest Line: Broadway’s Most Singular Sensation by Gary Stevens & Alan George
• One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story by Kevin Kelly
• A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett by Ken Mandelbaum
• The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch with Gerald Gardner
• Every Little Step (2008 Documentary) Directed and Produced by James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "At the Ballet” from A Chorus Line (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Marvin Hamlisch & Lyrics by Edward Kleeban | Performed by Kelly Bishop, Nancy Lane, Kay Cole & Don Pippin
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 Joseph Stein
• Tevye and His Daughters by Sholem Aleichem
• Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World’s Most Beloved Musical by Barbara Isenberg
• Dance With Demons: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Greg Lawrence
• Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (Documentary) Directed by Max Lewkowicz
• Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof by Alisa Solomon
• Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince
• Open A New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s by Ethan Mordden
• The Making of a Musical: Fiddler on the Roof by Richard Altman with Mervyn Kaufman
• Black Fiddler by Richard Piro
• After Anatevka: A Novel Inspired by Fiddler on the Roof by Alexandra Silber
• Fiddler on the Roof (1971 Film) Directed by Norman Jewison

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Miracle of Miracles” from Fiddler on the Roof (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jerry Bock & Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick | Performed by John Cariani
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 McDonnell with Katherine Silberger
• The Happiest Corpse I’ve Ever Seen: The Last 25 Years of the Broadway Muscal by Ethan Mordden
• Without You by Anthony Rapp

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer 
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "One Song Glory” from Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson | Performed by Adam Pascal 
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 Great Comet of 1812 (Original Libretto) by Dave Malloy
• The Great Comet: The Journey of a New Musical to Broadway by Steven Suskin & Dave Malloy
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer 
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "A Call to Pierre” from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Tom Malloy | Performed by Grace McLean, Josh Groban & Original Broadway Company of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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 a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:05:28 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:12:34 - Corner of the Sky 
• 1:17:12 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted:

• Dreamgirls (Original Libretto) by Tom Eyen & Henry Kriger
• Dreamgirls (2006 Film) Directed by Bill Condon, Screenplay by Bill Condon, Produced by Laurence Mark
• Dreamgirls (2001 Actors Fund Concert Recording) Executive Produced by Catherine Cooke | Artistic Producing / Musical Direction by Seth Rudetsky
• Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel
• One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story by Kevin Kelly
• A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett by Ken Mandelbaum

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 Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer 
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "Ain’t No Party” from Dreamgirls (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Henry Kreiger, Lyrics by Tom Eyen | Performed by Loretta Devine
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff