Watching List

While not every performance has been captured on film, here are some great pieces that we heartily recommend viewing.

(Viewing material added as featured by episode.)

1776

• 1776 Trailer | DVD | CD
• “Sit Down John,” William Daniels
  

Amadeus

• Amadeus DVD | Script | Trailer
• Salieri narration scene
  

Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson

• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Broadway.com Show Clips | CD | Bootleg
• Referential Music:
  • “I’m Not Okay,” My Chemical Romance
  • “Bring Me to Life,” Evanescence
  • “Bye Bye Beautiful,” Nightwish
• “A Presidential Emo: The Story of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” from Wait in the Wings
  

Chicago by Kander and Ebb“All That Jazz” from Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall

Community

• The Complete Series
• Introduction to Modern Warfare scene
• “My Dinner with Andre” parody | original
• SPOILERS: “The Day Community Died” from Entertain the Elk
  

Eurovision“Lion of Love,” Dan Stevens

Oscar Hammerstein, II

• Oscar Hammerstein, II
• Collected Musicals DVD
• “The Hills Are Alive” from The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews
  

Heathers

• Heathers Movie | Trailer
• Heathers Musical Trailer | CD | Bootleg
  

Victor Hugo

• Les Miserables book
• Musical: 10th Anniversary Concert CD | DVD
• Movie:
  • Les Miserables, Liam Neeson
  • Les Miserables, Charles Laughton
    

Mean Girls

• Queen Bees and Wannabes, Rosalind Wiseman
• Mean Girls DVD | Trailer
• Mean Girls: The Musical CD | Trailer
  • “Apex Predator”
  • “Stop”
    

Lin-Manuel Miranda

• “Alexander Hamilton” performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda at the White House for President Obama
• “Alexander Hamilton” performed by the Original Broadway Cast for the #Hamilfilm
  
• “John Adams Rap,” performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (cut from Hamilton)
  
• “Hamilton and Motifs” by Make Stuff on YouTube

William Shakespeare

• Hamlet
  • Kenneth Branaugh “What a piece of work”
  • Mel Gibson “What a piece of work”
  • Ethan Hawke “What a piece of work”
  • Maxine Peake “What a piece of work”
  • David Tennant “What a piece of work”

 

• • Kenneth Branaugh “Rogue and peasant slave”
    
  • Richard Burton “Rogue and peasant slave”
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor “Rogue and peasant slave”
  • Mel Gibson “Rogue and peasant slave” (second half)
  • Ethan Hawke “Rogue and peasant slave”
  • Campbell Scott “Rogue and peasant slave”
  • David Tennant “Rogue and peasant slave”

Lemony Snicket

• Lemony Snicket
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Movie | Trailer
  • Netflix Series
  • SPOILERS:
    • Trailer Season 1
    • Trailer Season 2
    • Trailer Season 3
      

Emily C. A. Snyder

• Cupid and Psyche
  • Love and Death Trilogy
    • “Cupid and Psyche Featurette” 2014 Productions
  • “Bad Quarto” (Workshop Production), 2009
    • “Bad Quarto” Script
    • Cupid and Psyche production, directed by Brenda Huggins 
      

Stephen Sondheim

• Stephen Sondheim
  
• Into the Woods CD
• SPOILERS:
  • “Witch’s Rap” from Into the Woods, Bernadette Peters
  • “Witch’s Rap” from Into the Woods, Meryl Streep
  • “Last Midnight” from Into the Woods, Bernadette Peters
  • “Last Midnight” from Into the Woods, Meryl Streep
  • “I Know Things Now” from Into the Woods, Original Broadway Cast
  • “I Know Things Now” from Into the Woods, Movie

Joss Whedon

• “Going Through the Motions”—Opening song from “Once More With Feeling,” Season 6, Episode 7, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• SPOILERS: “I’ll Be Mrs.”—Anya’s song from “Selfless,” Season 7, Episode 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer