Dreamgirls

DREAMGIRLS Book & Lyrics by Tom Eyen | Music by Henry Kieger | Original Broadway Production Directed & Choreographed by Michael Bennett | Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler | Produced on Broadway by Michael Bennett, Robert Avian, Geffen Records and The Shubert Organization

Episode Segments:

2:06 - Speed Test 5:18 - Why God Why10:10 - Back to Before30:26 - What's Inside 47:56 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?1:05:28 - Our Favorite Things1:12:34 - Corner of the Sky 1:17:12 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted:

Dreamgirls (Original Libretto) by Tom Eyen & Henry KrigerDreamgirls (2006 Film) Directed by Bill Condon, Screenplay by Bill Condon, Produced by Laurence MarkDreamgirls (2001 Actors Fund Concert Recording) Executive Produced by Catherine Cooke | Artistic Producing / Musical Direction by Seth RudetskyRazzle Dazzle by Michael RiedelOne Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story by Kevin KellyA Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett by Ken Mandelbaum

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 Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble"Ain’t No Party” from Dreamgirls (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Henry Kreiger, Lyrics by Tom Eyen | Performed by Loretta Devine"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff