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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH | Text by John Cameron Mitchell | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Original Libretto) by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Broadway Libretto) by John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask, Directed by Michael Mayer
• "John Cameron Mitchell reflects on 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' - Q with Tom Power" Podcast Interview
• New York Ti...

PIPPIN Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Roger O. Hirson | Originally Produced on Broadway by Stuart Ostrow | Directed on the Broadway Stage by Bob Fosse 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Pippin (Original Libretto) by Roger O. Hirson & Stephen Schwartz
• Magic to Do: Pippin's Fantastic, Fraught Journey to Broadway by Elyssa Gardner 

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music ...

HADESTOWN Book, Music, & Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Hadestown (Original Libretto) by Anaïs Mitchell
• Working on A Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

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) |...

THE SECRET GARDEN  Book & Lyrics by Marsha Norman | Music by Lucy Simon | Adapted from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Secret Garden (Original Libretto) by Marsha Norman
• Creating THE SECRET GARDEN Produced by Broadway Podcast Network

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "...

HAMILTON  Book, Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Based on Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Hamilton (Original Libretto) by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter & Liin-Manuel Miranda 
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald ...

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Room Where It Happened" from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) |  Written by Lin-Manuel MIranda |  Performed by Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton
• "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada / Don't Cry...

THE KING AND I  Music by Richard Rodgers | Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon | Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The King and I (Original Libretto)
• 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 Her...

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD  Book, Music, & Lyrics by Rupert Holmes | Based on the novel by Charles Dickens | Original Broadway production produced by New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Original Libretto)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012 Revised Libretto)

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry H...

THE WIZ  Book by William F. Brown | Music & Lyrics by Charlie Smalls | From the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Wiz (Original Libretto)
• Oz and the Musical by Ryan Bunch
• Black Broadway by  Stewart F. Lane
• "Easin' on Down the Yellow Brick Road: A Black Man's Journey to Oz" by Andre De Shields 

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Musi...

ANYTHING GOES  Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter | Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse | New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Once On This Island (Libretto) by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The ...

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND  Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Once On This Island (Libretto) by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

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 Jean...

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG  Book by George Furth, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Merrily We Roll Along (Libretto) by George Furth & Stephen Sondheim
• Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince
• Facing the Music by David Loud
• The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened by Lonny Price
• Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Mu...

SHE LOVES ME  Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by Jerry Bock, & Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Works Consulted & Reference :

• She Loves Me (Libretto) by Joe Masteroff & Sheldon Harnick
• Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince
• To Broadway, To Life! The Musical Theatre of Bock & Harnick by Philip Lambert
• She Loves Me (2016 Live Capture ) Directed by Scott Ellis

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Mus...

COME FROM AWAY  Book, Music, & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Come From Away (Libretto) by Irene Sankoff & David Hein
• Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical  by Laurence Maslon
• Come From Away (2021 Live Capture ) Directed by Christopher Ashley

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed b...

DAMN YANKEES  Book by Douglass Wallop & George Abbott | Music & Lyrics by Jerry Ross & Richard Adler | Based on the novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop

Works Consulted & Reference :

• Damn Yankees (Libretto) by Douglass Wallop & George Abbott
• Damn Yankees (Revised Libretto) by Joe DiPietro
• Damn Yankees (1958 Film) Directed by George Abbott
• Fosse by Sam Wasson
• Sense of Occasion by Hal Prince
• The Secret Life of ...

THE LION KING  Music & Lyrics by Elton John & Tim Rice | Additional Music & Lyrics by Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, & Hans Zimmer | Book by Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi  |  Adapted from the Screenplay by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, & Linda Woolverton

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Lion King (Original Production Directed by Julie Taymor)
• The Lion King (Original Film Directed by Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff)
• Th...

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY  Book by Marsha Norman | Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown  |  Based on the novel by Robert James Waller

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Bridges of Madison County (Licensing Script) by  Marsha Norman & Jason Robert Brown
• "Tony Award Winning Duo Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown Discuss ‘Bridges of Madison County’" in American Theatre by Suzy Evans
• "Opening the Bridges Vault, Vol. 1" by Jason Ro...