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Pippin is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto. The show was based on the life of Pippin the Hunchback, the son of Charlemagne. The show was partially financed by Motown Records. As of July 2008, Pippin is the 28th longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history.[1]Pippin was originally conceived by Stephen Schwartz as Pippin, Pippin, a student musical performed by Carnegie Mellon's Scotch'n'Soda theatre troupe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippin_(musical)#Synopsis
Original cast:
- Eric Berry - Charles
- Jill Clayburgh - Catherine
- Leland Palmer - Fastrada
- Irene Ryan - Berthe (until Ryan's death in April 1973)
- Ben Vereen - Leading Player
- John Rubinstein - Pippin
Soundtrack:
- Magic to Do*
- Corner of the Sky†
- Welcome Home
- War Is a Science
- Glory
- Simple Joys
- No Time at All‡
- With You
- Spread a Little Sunshine
- Morning Glow
- On the Right Track
- Kind of Woman
- Extraordinary
- Prayer for a Duck
- Love Song
- I Guess I'll Miss the Man††
- Finale/Magic Shows and Miracles







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