Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Watch online American Playhouse (1981)
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Listen American Playhouse (1981) Soundtrack
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Cry |
Johnnie Ray: performer
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Tell Me Why |
Marty Gold: composer
Al Alberts: composer
The Four Aces: performer
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Wheel of Fortune |
Kay Starr: performer
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If I Could've Been |
James Taylor: performer
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Brother Trucker |
James Taylor: composer, performer
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How High The Moon |
Nancy Hamilton: composer
Morgan Lewis: composer
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Finishing the Hat |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Beautiful |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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How High The Moon |
Les Paul: performer
Mary Ford: performer
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Limbo |
Bryan Ferry: writer, performer
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Finishing the Hat |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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Beautiful |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
Barbara Bryne: performer
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If I Could've Been |
Micki Grant: composer
Scatman Crothers: performer
Lynne Thigpen: performer
Carole Schwartz: performer
Bill Beyers: performer
Fausto Barajas: performer
Eileen Brennan: performer
Patti LaBelle: performer
David Patrick Kelly: performer
Rita Moreno: performer
Charles Durning: performer
Charles Haid: performer
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Summertime |
George Gershwin: composer
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Hello, Little Girl |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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I Guess This Is Goodbye |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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A Very Nice Prince |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Giants in the Sky |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Agony |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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It Takes Two |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Ever After |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Any Moment |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Moments in the Woods |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Your Fault |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Last Midnight |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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No More |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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No One Is Alone |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Sunday |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Lesson #8 |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Move On |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Summertime |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Ça Plane Pour Moi |
Plastic Bertrand: performer
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Ever After |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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No More |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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A Very Nice Prince |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Your Fault |
Kim Crosby: performer
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No One Is Alone |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Hello, Little Girl |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Agony |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Any Moment |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Hello, Little Girl |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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Your Fault |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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No One Is Alone |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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I Guess This Is Goodbye |
Ben Wright: performer
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Giants in the Sky |
Ben Wright: performer
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Your Fault |
Ben Wright: performer
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No One Is Alone |
Ben Wright: performer
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It Takes Two |
Chip Zien: performer
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Your Fault |
Chip Zien: performer
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No More |
Chip Zien: performer
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No One Is Alone |
Chip Zien: performer
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A Very Nice Prince |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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It Takes Two |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Any Moment |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Moments in the Woods |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Agony |
Chuck Wagner: performer
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Ever After |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Your Fault |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Last Midnight |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Sunday |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Move On |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Summertime |
Harolyn Blackwell: performer
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Sunday |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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Lesson #8 |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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Move On |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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Ever After |
Kay McClelland: performer
Lauren Mitchell: performer
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby |
Gus Kahn: composer
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Egmont Overture |
Ludwig van Beethoven: writer
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Un Mejor Dia Vendra |
James Taylor: composer
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Millwork |
James Taylor: composer
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Shuffle Off to Buffalo |
Harry Warren: composer
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Overture and Jasbo Brown Blues |
George Gershwin: composer
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A Woman Is a Sometime Thing |
George Gershwin: composer
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Here Come de Honey Man |
George Gershwin: composer
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They Pass By Singin' |
George Gershwin: composer
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The Crap Game |
George Gershwin: composer
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Gone, Gone, Gone |
George Gershwin: composer
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Overflow, Overflow |
George Gershwin: composer
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My Man's Gone Now |
George Gershwin: composer
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Oh, the Train is at the Station |
George Gershwin: composer
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It Take a Long Pull to Get There |
George Gershwin: composer
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I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' |
George Gershwin: composer
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
George Gershwin: composer
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Oh, I Can't Sit Down |
George Gershwin: composer
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I Ain't Got No Shame |
George Gershwin: composer
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It Ain't Necessarily So |
George Gershwin: composer
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What You Want With Bess? |
George Gershwin: composer
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O Doctor Jesus |
George Gershwin: composer
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Street Vendors' Cries |
George Gershwin: composer
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I Loves You Porgy |
George Gershwin: composer
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God and Me/ A Red Headed Woman |
George Gershwin: composer
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Clara, Clara |
George Gershwin: composer
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There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York |
George Gershwin: composer
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O Bess, O Where's My Bess |
George Gershwin: composer
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Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way |
George Gershwin: composer
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Closing Credits Music |
George Gershwin: composer
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It Take a Long Pull to Get There |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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Yo' Struttin' Style |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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Oh, I Can't Sit Down |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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It Ain't Necessarily So |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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I Loves You Porgy |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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God and Me/ A Red Headed Woman |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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O Bess, O Where's My Bess |
Ira Gershwin: writer
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Rawhide |
Ned Washington: writer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Cinderella at the Grave |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Maybe They're Magic |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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First Midnight |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Stay with Me |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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On the Steps of the Palace |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Agony II |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Lament |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Stephen Sondheim: composer
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Sunday in the Park with George |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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No Life |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Color and Light |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Gossip |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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The Day Off |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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The Boatman and George |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Everybody Loves Louis |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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We Do Not Belong Together |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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It's Hot Up Here |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Putting It Together |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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Children and Art |
Stephen Sondheim: writer
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A Woman Is a Sometime Thing |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Here Come de Honey Man |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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They Pass By Singin' |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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The Crap Game |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Gone, Gone, Gone |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Overflow, Overflow |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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My Man's Gone Now |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Oh, the Train is at the Station |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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I Ain't Got No Shame |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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It Ain't Necessarily So |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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What You Want With Bess? |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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O Doctor Jesus |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Street Vendors' Cries |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Clara, Clara |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way |
DuBose Heyward: writer
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Symphony 8 |
Franz Schubert: writer
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby |
Walter Donaldson: composer
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Rawhide |
Dimitri Tiomkin: writer
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Nobody Tells Me How |
Mary Rodgers: composer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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First Midnight |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Tom Aldredge: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Cinderella at the Grave |
Kim Crosby: performer
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First Midnight |
Kim Crosby: performer
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On the Steps of the Palace |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Kim Crosby: performer
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Cinderella at the Grave |
Merle Louise: performer
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First Midnight |
Merle Louise: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Merle Louise: performer
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First Midnight |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Agony II |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Robert Westenberg: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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First Midnight |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Danielle Ferland: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Ben Wright: performer
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First Midnight |
Ben Wright: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Ben Wright: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Ben Wright: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Chip Zien: performer
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Maybe They're Magic |
Chip Zien: performer
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First Midnight |
Chip Zien: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Chip Zien: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Chip Zien: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Maybe They're Magic |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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First Midnight |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Joanna Gleason: performer
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First Midnight |
Chuck Wagner: performer
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Agony II |
Chuck Wagner: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Chuck Wagner: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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First Midnight |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Stay with Me |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Lament |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Sunday in the Park with George |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Color and Light |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Everybody Loves Louis |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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We Do Not Belong Together |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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It's Hot Up Here |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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Children and Art |
Bernadette Peters: performer
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First Midnight |
Pamela Winslow: performer
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Stay with Me |
Pamela Winslow: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Pamela Winslow: performer
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Overture and Jasbo Brown Blues |
Wayne Marshall: performer
London Philharmonic Orchestra: performer
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Closing Credits Music |
London Philharmonic Orchestra: performer
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Overture and Jasbo Brown Blues |
Simon Rattle: performer
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Closing Credits Music |
Simon Rattle: performer
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God and Me/ A Red Headed Woman |
Gregg Baker: performer
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No Life |
Charles Kimbrough: performer
Dana Ivey: performer
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Color and Light |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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The Day Off |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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The Boatman and George |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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We Do Not Belong Together |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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Putting It Together |
Mandy Patinkin: performer
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The Boatman and George |
William Parry: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Barbara Bryne: performer
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First Midnight |
Barbara Bryne: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Barbara Bryne: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Barbara Bryne: performer
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Ballad of Ludlow Kissel |
Leigh Brown: performer
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All the Live Long Day |
Stephen Schwartz: writer, composer
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Neat to Be a Newsboy |
Stephen Schwartz: composer
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It's an Art |
Stephen Schwartz: composer
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Fathers and Sons |
Stephen Schwartz: composer
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All the Live Long Day |
Barry Bostwick: performer
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Fathers and Sons |
Barry Bostwick: performer
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Lovin' Al |
Micki Grant: composer
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Cleanin' Women |
Micki Grant: composer
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Lovin' Al |
Scatman Crothers: performer
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Neat to Be a Newsboy |
Billy Jayne: performer
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Nobody Tells Me How |
Barbara Barrie: performer
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Un Mejor Dia Vendra |
Graciela Daniele: writer
Matt Landers: writer
Daniel Valdez: performer
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Just a Housewife |
Beth Howland: performer
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Millwork |
Jennifer Warnes: performer
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Cleanin' Women |
Patti LaBelle: performer
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It's an Art |
Rita Moreno: performer
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Joe |
Charles Durning: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Kay McClelland: performer
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First Midnight |
Kay McClelland: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Kay McClelland: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Kay McClelland: performer
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First Midnight |
Edmund Lyndeck: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Edmund Lyndeck: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Joy Franz: performer
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First Midnight |
Joy Franz: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Joy Franz: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Joy Franz: performer
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Prologue: Into the Woods |
Lauren Mitchell: performer
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First Midnight |
Lauren Mitchell: performer
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Act II Prologue: So Happy |
Lauren Mitchell: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Lauren Mitchell: performer
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First Midnight |
Philip Hoffman: performer
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Children Will Listen / Finale |
Philip Hoffman: performer
Cindy Robinson: performer
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Jenny's Song |
Mandy Gaines: performer
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Raga Darbari Kanada |
Imrat Kham: performer
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Basant Bahar in Aktal |
Lal Mani Mishra: performer
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Banarasi Dhuns - Misra Khamaj |
Ustad Bismallah Khan: performer
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