May 14, 2024: The Magic Show (1974), The Baker's Wife (1976), & Working (1978)
Class Preparation
Recommended Reading:
- Broadway: The American Musical: A brief profile of Patti LuPone (pages 376-377) includes a memorable story about The Baker's Wife.
- Carol de Giere's Defying Gravity (2nd edition, 2018): Chapters 8 (The Magic Show), 9 (The Baker's Wife), and 10 (Working)--pp. 103-154
- Handout of Key Class 3 slides
- Class 3 Selected Lyrics
Links & Playlists
Playlists:
- The Magic Show (audio selections from 1974 Original Broadway Cast Recording and 1981 television version)
- The Baker's Wife (5 selections from the 1976 Cast Recording, plus one performance of "Chanson" by original cast member Teri Ralston in concert)
- The Baker's Wife (1990 London Cast Recording--23 cuts total, including some spoken scenes)
- "Meadowlark" (a variety of performances of the song from The Baker's Wife")
- Working (1978 Original Broadway Cast Recording)--Schwartz wrote four songs (music and lyrics) for this show: "All the Livelong Day," "Neat to be a Newsboy," "It's an Art," and "Fathers and Sons"
- Class 3 Videos
- The Magic Show (complete recording of the 1981 revised version on YouTube): A 1981 performance in Toronto was recorded for Canadian television. For this version, Schwartz replaced some songs and altered others, but it does show a number of Henning's magic tricks.