HOW TO A MAKE MUSICAL
SONGS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
DIRECTED
BY GEORGE CONTINI
UGA DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & FILM STUDIES
MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE
PRESENTS
HOW TO A MAKE MUSICAL
SONGS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
DIRECTED BY
GEORGE CONTINI
COINCIDING WITH THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS EXHIBIT; THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY ON VIEW IN THE ROTUNDA
SONG LIST
The Opening Number
WILKOMMEN, from Cabaret, The Men of the Company BIG SPENDER, from Sweet Charity, The Women of the Company ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER SHOW, from Kiss Me, Kate, Kaylor and Co.
I Want Song
WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY, from My Fair Lady, Grace with quartet Owen, Ian, Stef, Aaron LOADS OF LOVE, from No Strings, featuring Taya.
Charm Song
I DON’T WANT TO KNOW, from Dear World, Susanna I’M NOT AT ALL IN LOVE, from The Pajama Game, Grace
Conditional Duet
ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE, from Brigadoon, Aaron, Mia
WE DON’T MATTER AT ALL, from It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman, Bianca, Ian OLD DEVIL MOON, from Finian’s Rainbow, Kaitlyn, Cameron
Enter The Villain
HERE IN EDEN, from The Apple Tree, Gracie FORBIDDEN FRUIT, from The Apple Tree, Cameron
Real Love Feels Like This
I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT, from My Fair Lady, Grace A LITTLE BIT IN LOVE, from Wonderful Town, Ellie I NEVER SAID I LOVE YOU, from Dear World, Bianca
Trio
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY, from How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Owen Kaitlyn, Kaylor SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS, from Sweet Charity, Kaylor, Alyssa, Reagan
ACT I Finale
WHERE DO I GO?, from Hair, Stef and Co
ACT II Opener
TOO DARN HOT, from Kiss Me, Kate, Taya and Co.
Love Hurts
ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS, from Irene, Ellie, Mia, Gracie
The Noise
7 AND A HALF CENTS, from The Pajama Game, Stef, Natalie, Owen Qualified Love Songs
REAL LOVE OF MY LIFE, from Brigadoon, Alyssa WHEN I’M NOT NEAR THE GIRL I LOVE, from Finian’s Rainbow, Ian ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU, from Kiss Me, Kate, Reagan
Inspirational/Pedagogical Lesson THOUSANDS OF MILES, from Lost in the Start, Susanna, Taya BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Taya and the Men
11 o clock number
I BELIEVE IN YOU, from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Aaron CABARET, from Cabaret, Alyssa, Natalie
Big Finale
DEAR WORLD, from Dear World, Company
LET THE SUNSHINE IN, from Hair, Company
SPECIAL THANKS TO CLAY CHASTAIN AND CAMIE WILLIAMS
THE OVERTURE
What you are seeing this evening is the result of a collaboration between Hargrett’s Exhibition Coordinator and Archivist, Dr. Jan Hebbard, Archivist Mazie Bowen, Professor George Contini, and the 60 Students in his Fall 2024 Broadway Musical and American Culture Class. Working with the SCL’s Samuel Golden Poster Collection the students evaluated mid 20th century musical posters and chose those they felt had the most captivating graphic design. Then, they chose numbers they’d like to hear our students in the UGA Musical Theatre Certificate Program sing from those shows. The students in the Spring 2025 Musical Theatre Showcase class then chose the numbers they’d like to work on.
The Golden Age (1942-72) represents a particular mid-century Broadway sound. You know it when you hear it. The scores are bold, brassy, rhythmic, and unashamedly emotionally charged. The lyrics are actively trying to find innovative and clever new ways of saying the same old stuff that musicals have always been saying. In looking at the songs the students collected, the list represented examples of what are now seen as standard dramaturgical conventions in musical libretti and scores. So that is the framework of our concert tonight---presenting the types of songs that make a musical. This two-semester collaboration was a dynamic creative research project for our students and faculty in bringing the archives to life. It’s especially terrific when our research can be showtunes! So, sit back and enjoy the research!
George Contini, Director
FEATURING STUDENTS FROM THE UGA THEATRE MUSICAL THEATRE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
GRACE CALLAWAY
KAYLOR JONES
BIANCA CARDONA
REAGAN SIMMONS
KAITLYN TALSKY
ALYSSA HALFORD
AARON COKER
NATALIE HAMM
ELLIE BROWN
GRACIE HUTCHESON
MIA HANSON
CAMERON JERNIGAN
VOCAL INSTRUCTOR
OWEN PAYNE
TAYA TAYLOR
STEF TAMMARO
IAN HARDING
SUSANNA POSTON
PIANIST & VOCAL COACH
RACHEL TOWNES
MICHAEL HADARY