Musicals-101
MORE SINGULAR SENSATIONS
1. MAN OF LA MANCHA
2. BIG RIVER
3. THE SECRET GARDEN
4. NATASHA, PIERRE, 1812
BEST MGM MUSICALS
1. INTRO & BUSBY BERKELEY
2. Astaire & Rogers
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
5. An American in Paris
6. Singin' in the Rain
7. The Band Wagon
8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
9. Gigi
10. Movie Musicals since 1960
21ST CENT MUSICALS
COURSE INFO
1. OVERVIEW & JUKEBOX PART 1
2. JUKEBOX PART 2
3. SCREEN-TO-STAGE PART 1
4. SCREEN-TO-STAGE PART 2
5. REVIVALS 2000-2020
6. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 1
7. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 2
8. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 3
9. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 4
10. POST-PANDEMIC BROADWAY
SIX SINGULAR SENSATIONS
SENSATIONS COURSE INFO
1. DAMN YANKEES
2. THE MUSIC MAN
3. THE WIZ
4. A CHORUS LINE
5. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
6. DREAMGIRLS
KERN & STYNE ON STAGE AND SCREEN
KERN & STYNE COURSE INFO
1 . Kern: Early Career & the Princess Shows
2. Kern: Stage Musicals, 1920-39
3 Kern: Show Boat, 1927
4 Kern: Movie Scores & Songs
5 Styne: Early Career; Movie Scores & Songs
6 Styne: Stage Musicals, 1947-1958
7 Styne: Gypsy, 1959
8 Styne: Stage Musicals, 1960-1993
BRITISH MUSICALS ON BWAY
BRITISH MUSICALS: COURSE INFO
1 .Early Musical Theatre; Gilbert & Sullivan
2. Noël Coward
3. Sandy Wilson & David Heneker
4. Bart; Newley & Bricusse
5. Lloyd Webber I: Joseph & Jesus
6. Lloyd Webber II: Evita
7. Lloyd Webber III: Cats + Song & Dance
8. Lloyd Webber IV: Phantom of the Opera
9. Lloyd Webber V: Sunset Blvd & School of Rock
10. European Pop Operas 1985-99
MUSICALS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
SCHWARTZ: COURSE INFO
1. Godspell
2. Pippin
3. Magic Show, Baker's Wife, Working
4. Children of Eden; Movie Songs
5. Wicked
OFF-BROADWAY CLASSICS
COURSE INFORMATION
1. Threepenny Opera
2. The Fantasticks
3. Jacques Brel Is Alive . . .
4. Godspell
5. Little Shop of Horrors
6. Forbidden Broadway
BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 2
COURSE INFO
1. Intro; Berlin 1907-27
2. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1930s
3. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1940s
4. Annie Get Your Gun
5. Berlin on Broadway, 1948-62
6. Porter's Early Life & Shows of 1920s
7. Anything Goes
8. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood, 1930s
9. Porter: Broadway in 1940s; Kiss Me, Kate
10. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood 1950s
Berlin & Porter Compilations
BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 1
1. Intro; R&H 1919-27
2. R&H 1928-34
3. R&H Back on Broadway, 1935-37
4. R&H Final works, 1938-43
5. Gershwins: Intro & 1924-27
6. Gershwins: 1928-32
7. Gershwins: 1933-38
8. Gershwins: Porgy & Bess; Ira after George
BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
1. Fancy Free & On the Town
2. Wonderful Town
3. Candide
4. West Side Story
5. Mass & Other Works
HERMAN, BOCK & HARNICK 101
1. Early Herman + Milk and Honey
2. Hello, Dolly + Mame
3. Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour
4. La Cage aux Folles +
5. Fiorello! + Tenderloin
6. She Loves Me
7. Fiddler on the Roof
8. The Apple Tree
9. The Rothschilds
PULITZER MUSICALS
1. Of Thee I Sing (1932)
1. Fiorello! (1960)
2. South Pacific (1950)
2. How to Succeed (1962)
3. A Chorus Line (1976)
4. Sunday in the Park with George (1985)
5. Rent (1996)
5. Next to Normal (2010)
6. Hamilton (2016)
6. A Strange Loop (2020)
THE WOMEN OF BROADWAY
1. Rida Johnson Young; Dorothy Fields, Part I
2. Dorothy Fields Part II
3. Dorothy Fields Part III
4. Comden & Green Part I
5. Comden & Green Part II
6. Carolyn Leigh
7. Lynn Ahrens
8. Ford & Cryer, Tesori (1)
9. Tesori (2), others
10 Anáis Mitchell
LOESSER, LERNER & LOEWE
1. Early Loesser
2. Where's Charley? & Guys and Dolls
3. Guys and Dolls & HCA
4. Most Happy Fella & Greenwillow
5. How to Succeed
6. Loesser Legacy; Brigadoon
7. Paint Your Wagon; My Fair Lady
8. My Fair Lady; Gigi
9. Camelot
10. The Little Prince; Lerner & Lowe Legacy
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
ENCORE! CLASSES
>
1. R&H Before 1943
2. Oklahoma!
3. Carousel
4. South Pacific
5. The King and I
6. The Sound of Music
FALL 2019 CLASSES
>
1. Hammerstein
2. Rodgers (& Hart)
6. Allegro, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream
8. State Fair, Cinderella, & Flower Drum Song
10. Rodgers Alone & Legacy
KANDER & EBB
1. Early Careers & Flora
2. Cabaret
3. Cabaret 2
4. Happy Time, Zorba, 70G70
5. Chicago
6. Chicago 2
7. NYNY, Act, Rink
8. Woman, World, Steel Pier
9. Kiss of Spider Woman & Visit
10. Curtains & The Scottsboro Boys
RESOURCES
Forbidden Broadway (1982-2020)
Class Preparation
Handout of Selected Class 6 slides
Class 6 Selected Lyrics
YouTube Playlists
Playlists:
Forbidden Broadway:
CD Selections from Volumes 1-4
Class 6 Videos
MORE SINGULAR SENSATIONS
1. MAN OF LA MANCHA
2. BIG RIVER
3. THE SECRET GARDEN
4. NATASHA, PIERRE, 1812
BEST MGM MUSICALS
1. INTRO & BUSBY BERKELEY
2. Astaire & Rogers
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
5. An American in Paris
6. Singin' in the Rain
7. The Band Wagon
8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
9. Gigi
10. Movie Musicals since 1960
21ST CENT MUSICALS
COURSE INFO
1. OVERVIEW & JUKEBOX PART 1
2. JUKEBOX PART 2
3. SCREEN-TO-STAGE PART 1
4. SCREEN-TO-STAGE PART 2
5. REVIVALS 2000-2020
6. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 1
7. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 2
8. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 3
9. ORIGINAL MUSICALS PART 4
10. POST-PANDEMIC BROADWAY
SIX SINGULAR SENSATIONS
SENSATIONS COURSE INFO
1. DAMN YANKEES
2. THE MUSIC MAN
3. THE WIZ
4. A CHORUS LINE
5. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
6. DREAMGIRLS
KERN & STYNE ON STAGE AND SCREEN
KERN & STYNE COURSE INFO
1 . Kern: Early Career & the Princess Shows
2. Kern: Stage Musicals, 1920-39
3 Kern: Show Boat, 1927
4 Kern: Movie Scores & Songs
5 Styne: Early Career; Movie Scores & Songs
6 Styne: Stage Musicals, 1947-1958
7 Styne: Gypsy, 1959
8 Styne: Stage Musicals, 1960-1993
BRITISH MUSICALS ON BWAY
BRITISH MUSICALS: COURSE INFO
1 .Early Musical Theatre; Gilbert & Sullivan
2. Noël Coward
3. Sandy Wilson & David Heneker
4. Bart; Newley & Bricusse
5. Lloyd Webber I: Joseph & Jesus
6. Lloyd Webber II: Evita
7. Lloyd Webber III: Cats + Song & Dance
8. Lloyd Webber IV: Phantom of the Opera
9. Lloyd Webber V: Sunset Blvd & School of Rock
10. European Pop Operas 1985-99
MUSICALS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
SCHWARTZ: COURSE INFO
1. Godspell
2. Pippin
3. Magic Show, Baker's Wife, Working
4. Children of Eden; Movie Songs
5. Wicked
OFF-BROADWAY CLASSICS
COURSE INFORMATION
1. Threepenny Opera
2. The Fantasticks
3. Jacques Brel Is Alive . . .
4. Godspell
5. Little Shop of Horrors
6. Forbidden Broadway
BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 2
COURSE INFO
1. Intro; Berlin 1907-27
2. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1930s
3. Berlin: Broadway & Hollywood in the 1940s
4. Annie Get Your Gun
5. Berlin on Broadway, 1948-62
6. Porter's Early Life & Shows of 1920s
7. Anything Goes
8. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood, 1930s
9. Porter: Broadway in 1940s; Kiss Me, Kate
10. Porter: Broadway & Hollywood 1950s
Berlin & Porter Compilations
BROADWAY'S SILVER AGE, PART 1
1. Intro; R&H 1919-27
2. R&H 1928-34
3. R&H Back on Broadway, 1935-37
4. R&H Final works, 1938-43
5. Gershwins: Intro & 1924-27
6. Gershwins: 1928-32
7. Gershwins: 1933-38
8. Gershwins: Porgy & Bess; Ira after George
BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
1. Fancy Free & On the Town
2. Wonderful Town
3. Candide
4. West Side Story
5. Mass & Other Works
HERMAN, BOCK & HARNICK 101
1. Early Herman + Milk and Honey
2. Hello, Dolly + Mame
3. Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour
4. La Cage aux Folles +
5. Fiorello! + Tenderloin
6. She Loves Me
7. Fiddler on the Roof
8. The Apple Tree
9. The Rothschilds
PULITZER MUSICALS
1. Of Thee I Sing (1932)
1. Fiorello! (1960)
2. South Pacific (1950)
2. How to Succeed (1962)
3. A Chorus Line (1976)
4. Sunday in the Park with George (1985)
5. Rent (1996)
5. Next to Normal (2010)
6. Hamilton (2016)
6. A Strange Loop (2020)
THE WOMEN OF BROADWAY
1. Rida Johnson Young; Dorothy Fields, Part I
2. Dorothy Fields Part II
3. Dorothy Fields Part III
4. Comden & Green Part I
5. Comden & Green Part II
6. Carolyn Leigh
7. Lynn Ahrens
8. Ford & Cryer, Tesori (1)
9. Tesori (2), others
10 Anáis Mitchell
LOESSER, LERNER & LOEWE
1. Early Loesser
2. Where's Charley? & Guys and Dolls
3. Guys and Dolls & HCA
4. Most Happy Fella & Greenwillow
5. How to Succeed
6. Loesser Legacy; Brigadoon
7. Paint Your Wagon; My Fair Lady
8. My Fair Lady; Gigi
9. Camelot
10. The Little Prince; Lerner & Lowe Legacy
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
ENCORE! CLASSES
>
1. R&H Before 1943
2. Oklahoma!
3. Carousel
4. South Pacific
5. The King and I
6. The Sound of Music
FALL 2019 CLASSES
>
1. Hammerstein
2. Rodgers (& Hart)
6. Allegro, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream
8. State Fair, Cinderella, & Flower Drum Song
10. Rodgers Alone & Legacy
KANDER & EBB
1. Early Careers & Flora
2. Cabaret
3. Cabaret 2
4. Happy Time, Zorba, 70G70
5. Chicago
6. Chicago 2
7. NYNY, Act, Rink
8. Woman, World, Steel Pier
9. Kiss of Spider Woman & Visit
10. Curtains & The Scottsboro Boys
RESOURCES