Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ch. 50- DEAR EVAN HANSEN
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DEAR EVAN HANSEN COMPOSER: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul LYRICIST: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul BOOK: Steven Levenson DIRECTOR: Michael Greif CHOREOGRAPHER: D...
Ch. 49- HAMILTON
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HAMILTON COMPOSER: Lin-Manuel Miranda LYRICIST: Lin-Manuel Miranda BOOK: Lin-Manuel Miranda DIRECTOR: Thomas Kail CHOREOGRAPHER: Andy Blankenbuehler ...
Ch. 48- FUN HOME
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FUN HOME COMPOSER: Jeanine Tesori LYRICIST: Lisa Kron BOOK: Lisa Kron SOURCE: Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home (2006) DIRECTOR: Sam Gold CHO...
Ch. 47- NEXT TO NORMAL
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NEXT TO NORMAL COMPOSER: Tom Kitt LYRICIST: Brian Yorkey BOOK: Brian Yorkey DIRECTOR: Michael Greif CHOREOGRAPHER: Sergio Trujillo PRINCIPLE CAST: Al...
Ch. 46- IN THE HEIGHTS
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
IN THE HEIGHTS COMPOSER: Lin-Manuel Miranda LYRICIST: Lin-Manuel Miranda BOOK: Quiara Alegria Hudes DIRECTOR: Thomas Kail CHOREOGRAPHER: Andy Blanken...
Ch. 45- JERSEY BOYS
26 May 2022
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JERSEY BOYS COMPOSER: Bob Gaudio LYRICIST: Bob Crewe BOOK: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice DIRECTOR: Des McAnuff CHOREOGRAPHER: Sergio Trujillo PRINCIP...
Ch. 44- WICKED
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
WICKED COMPOSER: Stephen Schwartz LYRICIST: Stephen Schwartz BOOK: Winnie Holzman SOURCE: Gregory Maguire’s book Wicked: The Life and Times of The W...
Ch. 43- MAMMA MIA
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MAMMA MIA COMPOSER: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus LYRICIST: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus BOOK: Catherine Johnson DIRECTOR: Phyllida Lloyd CHOREOGR...
Ch. 42- THE PRODUCERS
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE PRODUCERS COMPOSER: Mel Brooks LYRICIST: Mel Brooks BOOK: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan SOURCE: Mel Brooks’ film The Producers (1967) DIRECTOR: Sus...
Ch. 41- SEUSSICAL
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SEUSSICAL COMPOSER: Stephen Flaherty LYRICIST: Lynn Ahrens BOOK: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty SOURCE: The stories of Dr. Seuss (c. 1950s) DIRECTO...
Ch. 40- RENT
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
RENT COMPOSER: Jonathan Larson LYRICIST: Jonathan Larson BOOK: Jonathan Larson SOURCE: La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini (1896) DIRECTOR: Michael Greif CH...
Ch. 39- GREASE (1994)
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
GREASE (1994) COMPOSER: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey LYRICIST: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey BOOK: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey DIRECTOR: Jeff Calhoun CHOREOGRAPH...
Ch. 38- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST COMPOSER: Alan Menken LYRICIST: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice BOOK: Linda Woolverton SOURCE: Disney’s animated film Beauty and The Be...
Ch, 37- FALSETTOS
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FALSETTOS COMPOSER: William Finn LYRICIST: William Finn BOOK: William Finn and James Lapine DIRECTOR: James Lapine PRINCIPLE CAST: Stephen Bogardus (...
Ch. 36- THE SECRET GARDEN
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE SECRET GARDEN COMPOSER: Lucy Simon LYRICIST: Marsha Norman BOOK: Marsha Norman SOURCE: Frances Hodgson Burnett’s book The Secret Garden (1911) ...
Ch. 35- MISS SAIGON
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MISS SAIGON COMPOSER: Claude-Michel Schonberg LYRICIST: Richard Maltby Jr & Alain Boublil BOOK: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg SOURCE: Giacomo...
Ch. 34- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA COMPOSER: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICIST: Charles Hart BOOK: Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber SOURCE: The Phantom of the...
Ch. 33- LES MISERABLES
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LES MISERABLES COMPOSER: Claude-Michel Schonberg LYRICIST: Herbert Kretzmer BOOK: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michele Schonberg, Jean-Marc Natel SOURCE: Vic...
Ch. 32- LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES COMPOSER: Jerry Herman LYRICIST: Jerry Herman BOOK: Harvey Fierstein SOURCE: Jean Poriot’s play La Cage Aux Folles (1973) DIRECT...
Ch. 31- CATS
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CATS COMPOSER: Andrew Lloyd Webber LYRICIST: TS Eliot BOOK: N/A SOURCE: T.S. Eliot’s book of poetry Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939) DI...
Ch. 30- DREAMGIRLS
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
DREAMGIRLS COMPOSER: Henry Kreiger LYRICIST: Tom Eyen BOOK: Tom Eyen DIRECTOR: Michael Bennett CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Bennett and Michael Peters PRIN...
Ch. 29- SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET COMPOSER: Stephen Sondheim LYRICIST: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: Hugh Wheeler SOURCE: Sweeney Todd by Christ...
Ch. 28- AIN'T MISBEHAVIN
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN COMPOSER: Fats Waller LYRICIST: Fats Waller BOOK: Richard Maltby Jr and Murray Horwitz DIRECTOR: Richard Maltby Jr CHOREOGRAPHER: ...
Ch. 27- ANNIE
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ANNIE COMPOSER: Charles Strouse LYRICIST: Martin Charnin BOOK: Thomas Meehan SOURCE: Harold Gray’s comic strip Little Orphan Annie (1920s) DIRECTOR...
Ch. 26- A CHORUS LINE
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A CHORUS LINE COMPOSER: Marvin Hamlisch LYRICIST: Ed Kleban BOOK: Nichola Dante and James Kirkwood DIRECTOR: Michael Bennett CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael B...
Ch. 25- THE WIZ
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE WIZ COMPOSER: Charlie Smalls LYRICIST: Charlie Smalls BOOK: William F. Brown SOURCE: L. Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) DIR...
Ch. 24- NO, NO, NANETTE (1971)
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NO, NO NANETTE (1971) COMPOSER: Vincent Youmans LYRICIST: Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach BOOK: Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel DIRECTOR: Burt Shevelove CHORE...
Ch. 23- COMPANY
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COMPANY COMPOSER: Stephen Sondheim LYRICIST: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: George Furth DIRECTOR: Hal Prince CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael Bennett PRINCIPLE CAST: ...
Ch. 22- PROMISES, PROMISES
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PROMISES, PROMISES COMPOSER: Burt Bacharach LYRICIST: Hal David BOOK: Neil Simon SOURCE: The Apartment by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960) DIRE...
Ch. 21- HAIR
02 May 2022
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HAIR COMPOSER: Galt MacDermot LYRICIST: Gerome Ragni, James Rado BOOK: Gerome Ragni, James Rado DIRECTOR: Tom O’Horgan CHOREOGRAPHER: Julie Arenal ...
Ch. 20- CABARET
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CABARET COMPOSER: John Kander LYRICIST: Fred Ebb BOOK: Joe Masteroff SOURCE: Christopher Isherwood’s The Berlin Stories (1945) DIRECTOR: Hal Prince...
Ch. 19- FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF COMPOSER: Jerry Bock LYRICIST: Sheldon Harnick BOOK: Joseph Stein SOURCE: Sholem Aleichem’s short stories Tevye the Dairyman (18...
Ch. 18- HELLO DOLLY
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HELLO DOLLY COMPOSER: Jerry Herman LYRICIST: Jerry Herman BOOK: Michael Stewart SOURCE: Thornton Wilder’s play The Merchant of Yonkers (1938) DIREC...
Ch. 17- THE FANTASTICKS
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE FANTASTICKS COMPOSER: Harvey Schmidt LYRICIST: Tom Jones BOOK: Tom Jones SOURCE: Edmond Rostand’s play Les Romanesques (1894) DIRECTOR: Word Ba...
Ch. 16- GYPSY
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing the tradition of Show Boat and Oklahoma!, Gypsy furthered the parameters of a musical drama that went beyond the bounds of musical comedy. ...
Ch. 15- WEST SIDE STORY
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
WEST SIDE STORY COMPOSER: Leonard Bernstein LYRICIST: Stephen Sondheim BOOK: Arthur Laurents SOURCE: William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet (15...
Ch. 14- MY FAIR LADY
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MY FAIR LADY COMPOSER: Frederick Loewe LYRICIST: Alan Jay Lerner BOOK: Alan Jay Lerner SOURCE: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (1913) DIRECTOR: Mos...
Ch. 13- THE THREEPENNY OPERA
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE THREEPENNY OPERA COMPOSER: Kurt Weill LYRICIST: Bertolt Brecht BOOK: Bertolt Brecht (Adaptation by Marc Blitzstein) DIRECTOR: Carmen Capalbo PRIN...
Ch, 12- GUYS AND DOLLS
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
GUYS AND DOLLS COMPOSER: Frank Loesser LYRICIST: Frank Loesser BOOK: Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling DIRECTOR: George S. Kauffman CHOREOGRAPHER: Michael ...
Ch. 11- OKLAHOMA
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OKLAHOMA COMPOSER: Richard Rodgers LYRICIST: Oscar Hammerstein II BOOK: Oscar Hammerstein II SOURCE: Lynn Riggs play Green Grow The Lilacs (1930) DIR...
Ch. 10- PAL JOEY
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PAL JOEY COMPOSER: Richard Rodgers LYRICIST: Lorenz Hart BOOK: John O’Hara SOURCE: John O’Hara’s short stories (1930s) DIRECTOR: George Abbott ...
Ch. 9- THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK COMPOSER: Marc Blitzstein LYRICIST: Marc Blitzstein BOOK: Marc Blitzstein DIRECTOR: Orson Welles PRINCIPLE CAST: Howard DaSilva ...
Ch, 8- PORGY AND BESS
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PORGY AND BESS COMPOSER: George Gershwin LYRICIST: Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward BOOK: DuBose Heyward SOURCE: Porgy by DuBose Heyward (1925)Â DIRECTO...
Ch. 7- ANYTHING GOES
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ANYTHING GOES COMPOSER: Cole Porter LYRICIST: Cole Porter BOOK: Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, revisions by Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse DIRECTOR:...
Ch. 6- OF THEE I SING
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OF THEE I SING COMPOSER: George Gershwin LYRICIST: Ira Gershwin BOOK: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind DIRECTOR: George S. Kaufman CHOREOGRAPHER: Ch...
Ch. 5- SHOW BOAT
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW BOAT COMPOSER: Jerome Kern LYRICIST: Oscar Hammerstein II BOOK: Oscar Hammerstein II SOURCE: Edna Ferber’s novel Show Boat (1926) DIRECTOR: Ze...
Ch. 4- SHUFFLE ALONG
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SHUFFLE ALONG COMPOSER: Eubie Blake LYRICIST: Noble Sissle BOOK: F.E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles DIRECTOR: Walter Brooks PRINCIPLE CAST: Lottie Gee (Bessie...
Ch. 3- THE MERRY WIDOW
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Merry Widow COMPOSER: Franz Lehar LIBRETTISTS: Viktorr Leon, Louis Stein SOURCE: L'Attache d'ambassade (1861) by playwright Henri Meilhac PRINCI...
Ch. 2- HMS PINAFORE
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
HMS PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS WHO LOVED A SAILOR COMPOSER: Arthur Sullivan LYRICIST: W.S. Gilbert BOOK: W.S. Gilbert DIRECTOR: W.S. Gilbert CHOREOGRAPHE...
Ch. 1- THE BLACK CROOK
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE BLACK CROOK COMPOSER: Thomas Baker, George Bickwell, Giuseppe Operti LYRICIST: Theodore Kennick BOOK: Charles M Barras STAGED BY:: David Costa PR...
INTRODUCTION
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Robert W. Schneider & Andrew Child discuss the objective of the book and podcast for listeners and scholars. This episode focuses on the genesis...
Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The Podcast TRAILER
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Fifty Key Stage Musicals: The Podcast co-hosts Robert W. Schneider and Andrew Child do an in-depth exploration of fifty musicals that altered the l...