June 5, 2025: Ain't Misbehavin' (1978)

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: 
  • Pages 328-333 barely mention Ain't Misbehavin', but this chapter does put the show in the context of the times: not a children's show like Annie or The Wiz, and being a revue rather than a plot-driven show (the first such to win the Tony for Best Musical).

​Handouts:

• Class 5 Selected Lyrics
• ​Handout of Key Class 5 slides

Links & Playlists

 Playlists:

• Ain't Misbehavin' (1978 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Nell Carter, André De Shields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, and Charlaine Woodard)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Complete performance of the show with the original Broadway cast, as broadcast on NBC television in 1982)
• Fats Waller Performs the Songs from ​Ain't Misbehavin' 
• Class 5 Video Playlist: Since all the videos shown in class were from the 1982 television performance (or are in the Fats Waller playlist above), there is no separate video playlist)