The Graduate: The Musical (1988)

Are you trying to musicalize me, Mrs. Robinson? Oh, yes, Benjamin Braddock, they are trying to musicalize you, and Mrs. Robinson, and Elaine, all of you. They are going to keep going until every critic in New York is banging on a church window begging you to stop. And who is giving you these songs to sing, Mrs. Robinson? Simon and Garfunkel? Nope. Not at all. Sharing a xylophone (yes, a xylophone) were the man who wrote Funny Girl and the man who wrote Bat Out of Hell. What happened was… well we will tell you in this week’s episode of BROADWAY BOUND: THE MUSICALS THAT NEVER GOT TO BROADWAY which explores The Graduate: The Musical, or “I Want to Say One Word To You. Just One Word: Don’t” BROADWAY BOUND PLAYERS Catherine DeLuce as New York Times Reporter Matthew Fairlee as Milton Greene Matt Koplik as Bob Greene Rebecca Spigelman as Glady Nederlander If you like what we are doing DONATE HERE Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that qualify as fair use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices