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Know the Show

English - September 16, 2020 10:29 - 1 hour - 77 MB
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RENT Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Episode Segments:

1:51 - Speed Test 4:11 - Why God Why6:17 - Back to Before24:28 - What's Inside 48:04 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?1:11:58 - Our Favorite Things1:17:27 - Corner of the Sky 1:22:21 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted:

Rent (Original Libretto) by Jonathan LarsonRent by Jonathan Larson | Interviews and Text by Evelyn McDonnell with Katherine SilbergerThe Happiest Corpse I’ve Ever Seen: The Last 25 Years of the Broadway Muscal by Ethan MorddenWithout You by Anthony Rapp

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
  • "One Song Glory” from Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson | Performed by Adam Pascal 

  • "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