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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 & Franklin Lacey
• The Music Man (1961 Film) Directed by Morton da Costa, Screenplay by Marion Hargrove, Produced by Morton DaCosta
• The Music Man (2003 Telefilm) Directed by Kathleen Marshall, Screenplay by Sally Robinson
• And There I Stood With My Piccolo by Meredith Willson
• But He Doesn’t Know the Territory by Meredith Willson

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
• "My White Knight” from The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson | Performed by Barbara Cook
• "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

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 Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 Film) Directed by Norman Jewison, Screenplay by Melvyn Bragg & Norman Jewison, Produced by Norman Jewison & Robert Stigwood
• Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar (2001 PBS Broadcast) Directed by Gale Edwards & Nick Morris
• Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018 NBC Broadcast) Directed by David Leveaux & Alex Rudzinski
• Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Biography by Gerald McKnight
• Andrew Lloyd Webber by John Snelson
• Unmasked (A Memoir) by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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
• "Heaven on Their Minds” from Jesus Christ Superstar | Performed by Murray Head & Alan Doggett
• "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

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 (Original Libretto) by Winnie Holzman & Stephen Schwartz
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
• Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar (2001 PBS Broadcast) Directed by Gale Edwards & Nick Morris
• Wicked: The Grimmerie by David Cote

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
• "Popular” from Wicked | Performed by Kristin Chenoweth
• "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

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:

• Cabaret (Original Libretto) by Joe Masteroff, John Kander & Fred Ebb | Directed & Produced by Harold Prince
• Cabaret (1972 Film) Directed & Choreographed by Bob Fosse, Screenplay by Jay Allen, Produced by Cy Feuer
• Cabaret (1987 Revised Libretto) by Joe Masteroff, John Kander & Fred Ebb | Directed & Produced by Harold Prince
• Cabaret (1998 Broadway Libretto) by Joe Masteroff, John Kander & Fred Ebb | Directed by Sam Mendes, Co-Directed & Choreographed by Rob Marshall, Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company
• The Making of Cabaret by Keith Garebian 
• Cabaret: The Illustrated Book by Joe Masteroff, John Kander & Fred Ebb

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
• "The Money Song (Sitting Pretty) from Cabaret (Original  Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Performed by Joel Grey, Cabaret Ensemble & Harold Hastings
• "Money" from Cabaret (New Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Performed by Alan Cumming & Cabaret Ensemble (1998)
• "Cabaret" from Cabaret (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Performed by Jill Haworth & Harold Hastings
• "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

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 Mackintosh & The Royal Shakespeare Company

Episode Segments:

• 3:05 - Speed Test
• 5:07 - Why God Why
• 7:06 - Back to Before
• 25:56 - What's Inside
• 49:12 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:05:10 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:17:31 - Corner of the Sky

Works Consulted:

• Les Misérables (Libretto) by Claude-Michele Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Trevor Nunn & John Caird
• Les Misérables: The Story of the World's Longest Running Musical in Words, Pictures and Rare Memorabilia by Benedict Nightingale, Martyn Palmer 
• The Complete Book of Les Misérables by Edwadr Behr
• Les Misérables The HIstory of the World's Greatest Story | Directed by Alan Byron

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
• "What Have I Done?" from Les Misérables (Original Broadway  Cast Recording) | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer | Performed by Colm Wilkinson
• "Javert's Suicide" from Les Misérables (Original Broadway  Cast Recording) | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer | Performed by Terrence Mann
• "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

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 (Libretto) Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling, Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser, Based on The Idyll of Sarah Brown and characters by Damon Runyon

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "Remember" from A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Benjamin Rayson, Teri Ralston, Beth Fowler, Gene Varrone, Barbara Lang, & Harold Hastings 
• "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
• "My Time of Day" from Guys and Dolls (New Broadway Cast Recording (1992)) | Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser | Performed by Peter Gallagher
• "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

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 Flesh by David Cote

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "Remember" from A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Benjamin Rayson, Teri Ralston, Beth Fowler, Gene Varrone, Barbara Lang, & Harold Hastings
• "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
• "All That's Known" from Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Duncan Sheik, Lyrics by Steven Sater | Performed by Jonathan Groff
• "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

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 Stephen Sondheim

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "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
• "A Very Nice Prince" from Into the Woods (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Joanna Gleason & Kim Crosby
• "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

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 World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "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
• "Maybe" from Annie (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Charles Strouse & Lyrics by Martin Charnin | Performed by Andrea McArdle
• "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

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 Joshua Logan
• The South Pacific Companion by Laurence Maslon
• Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "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
• "Twin Soliloquies" from South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers  & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Mary Martin & Ezio Pinza
• "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