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 Why
- 10:10 - Back to Before
- 30:26 - What's Inside
- 47:56 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
- 1:05:28 - Our Favorite Things
- 1:12:34 - Corner of the Sky
- 1:17:12 – What Comes Next?
Works Consulted:
- Dreamgirls (Original Libretto) by Tom Eyen & Henry Kriger
- Dreamgirls (2006 Film) Directed by Bill Condon, Screenplay by Bill Condon, Produced by Laurence Mark
- Dreamgirls (2001 Actors Fund Concert Recording) Executive Produced by Catherine Cooke | Artistic Producing / Musical Direction by Seth Rudetsky
- Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel
- One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story by Kevin Kelly
- A 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
