LES MISÉRABLES A Musical by Alain Boublil & Claude-Michele Schönberg | Based on a novel by Victor Hugo | Music by Claude-Michele Schönberg | Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer | Original French Text by Alain Boublil & Jean-Marc Natel | Additional Material by James Fenton | Adapted and Originally Directed by Trevor Nunn & John Caird | Orchestrations by John Cameron | Original London Production by Cameron Mackintosh & The Royal Shakespeare Company
Episode Segments:
- 3:05 - Speed Test
- 5:07 - Why God Why
- 7:06 - Back to Before
- 25:56 - What's Inside
- 49:12 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
- 1:05:10 - Our Favorite Things
- 1:17:31 - Corner of the Sky
Works Consulted:
- Les Misérables (Libretto) by Claude-Michele Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Trevor Nunn & John Caird
- Les Misérables: The Story of the World's Longest Running Musical in Words, Pictures and Rare Memorabilia by Benedict Nightingale, Martyn Palmer
- The Complete Book of Les Misérables by Edwadr Behr
- Les Misérables The HIstory of the World's Greatest Story | Directed by Alan Byron
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
- "What Have I Done?" from Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer | Performed by Colm Wilkinson
- "Javert's Suicide" from Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer | Performed by Terrence Mann
- "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
