September 25, 2025: Screen-to-Stage Musicals, Part 1 (2000-10)

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: Broadway: The American Musical
    Pages 398-411:

• “Broadway and Real Estate” (pp. 398-401)
• “I just can’t wait to be king—The Walt Disney Company and The Lion King” (pp. 402-406)
• “Look out, Broadway, here we come—Mel Brooks and  The Producers” (pp. 407—411)

    Pages 439-447:

• “Chapter 7: Who Tells Your Story?—Overture” (pp. 439-440)
• “Together again for the first time—The Reunion of Broadway and the Mass Media” (pp. 441-447)​

​Handouts:

• Class 3 Selected Lyrics
• ​Handout of Key Class 3 slides

Links & Playlists

 YouTube Playlists (to follow):

• The Producers (2001 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Hairspray (2002 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Billy Elliot (2005 Original London Cast Recording)--Note: Broadway production opened in 2008)
• Class 3 Videos
• ​Additional Videos Related to Class 3 Content