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Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends

David Goldsmith

In-depth conversations about musical theatre storytelling and craft with Broadway, Hollywood, and next-gen creators. Hosted by David Goldsmith, playwright/lyricist of Motown The Musical and Disney"s Descendants 3. New episodes every Wednesday.

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01:20:47

EP 10 Wicked, The Schwartz, & I

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/12/03

Wicked, The Schwartz & I. Stephen Schwartz was one of the best teachers I ever had. Now let’s talk “Wicked.”Why is Wicked both a masterpiece and a minefield?In the Season 1 finale of Does It Sing?, I break down “The Wizard and I” — the genius, the chaos, the craft, and the lyrical gymnastics that have baffled me for 22 years.Season finale is out now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.🎧📺 Search: DoesItSing-WDG#DoesItSing, #DoesItSingPodcast, #WickedTheMusical, #TheWizardAndI, #StephenSchwartz,

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01:20:47

EP 10 Wicked, The Schwartz, & I (Season 1 Finale)

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/12/03

In the Season 1 finale of Does It Sing? with David Goldsmith, we do something we haven't done since Episode 1: no guest, just a solo deep dive into the craft of musical theatre — through one very famous song.In this episode:A recap of Season 1 and its guests:Alexandra Silber and her revelatory new book for the upcoming BRIGADOON at Pasadena PlayhouseDick Scanlan and the reimagined THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE workshop (with a cameo mention for my wife, Bryonha Marie)Stephen Flaherty on THE LORAX and the

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00:32:57

EP 9 Zina With A Z! Zina Goldrich Interview Pt 2,...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/11/27

🎹 Zina Goldrich breaks it all down for you.In this episode, Zina takes us inside the writing of “Who Needs Love?” — the Cinderella “I Want” song for the Broadway-bound Ever After — and shows how it transformed into a completely different Act 2 number with a brand-new dramatic job.From there, she sits at the piano to premiere the Prince’s counterpoint, putting the whole puzzle together in real time.And at the end?You’ll hear the full demo of “Zina With a Z,” the patter song we wrote together — the

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01:15:55

EP 7 Stephen Flaherty on the Prologue of Ragtime —...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/11/11

In Episode 7 of Does It Sing?, David Goldsmith and Tony-winning composer Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Seussical) dive deep into the Prologue of Ragtime — one of the greatest opening numbers in Broadway history.🎭 This episode covers:• How Flaherty & Ahrens constructed a 10-minute overture of characters, ideas, and themes• Writing four spec songs to “audition” for Ragtime — and why Ragtime (Prologue) came first• Flaherty’s trick of avoiding the tonic for 10 minutes

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01:15:34

EP 6 Stephen Flaherty on “The Lorax” — A Lost...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/11/04

In Episode 6 of Does It Sing?, David Goldsmith sits down with Tony-winning composer Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island, Anastasia, Seussical).🎭 This episode covers:How Flaherty & Ahrens created and then cut a 10-minute mini-opera of The Lorax from SeussicalWhy the lost number resurfaced at David’s CCM / Carnegie Hall tribute 30 Years of StephenHow Doug Besterman expanded the orchestration to 65 players for the concertDavid’s minute-by-minute analysis of the piece’s structure,

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00:59:18

Ep 5 “Forget About the Boy” with Dick Scanlan — The...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/10/28

📄 DescriptionIn Episode 5 of Does It Sing?, David Goldsmith continues his conversation with Tony-winning lyricist and bookwriter Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Motown the Musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Everyday Rapture).🎭 This episode covers:• How “Forget About the Boy” replaced a cut Act II opener (“Picture Perfect”)• The brainstorm with Jeanine Tesori that produced the hook — on Labor Day weekend 1998• Writing the full lyric in a single train ride (with “albatross / no great loss

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00:54:40

EP 4 “I Won’t Mind” + Dick Scanlan on Serving the...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/10/21

📄 DescriptionIn Episode 4 of Does It Sing? with David Goldsmith & Friends, David kicks off a brand-new feature — “Best 25 Songs of the First 25 Years of the 21st Century” — with a deep dive into Jeff Blumenkrantz, Annie Kessler & Libby Saines’s devastating ballad “I Won’t Mind” (originally from The Other Franklin, recorded by Audra McDonald on How Glory Goes).🎭 In this episode:• Why “I Won’t Mind” is one of the most perfect songs of the century — craft, context, and emotional levels• How

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01:13:16

EP 3 Masterpiece and Under Silber Skies Part 2, How...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/10/14

📄 Welcome back to Does It Sing? with David Goldsmith & Friends — Part 2 of David’s in-depth conversation with actor, writer, and now book-adaptor Alexandra Silber.🎭 This episode covers:• The nuts and bolts of how Alexandra wrote her Brigadoon adaptation “on spec” before any deal existed• Navigating handshake agreements, drafts, and MTI licensing• What really makes an adaptation “licensable” vs. just existing• Her favorite Brigadoon lyrics and how/why she changed only four words• Directing Five

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01:14:44

EP 2 Under Silber Skies: Alexandra Silber on...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/10/07

Under Silber Skies: Alexandra Silber on Brigadoon’s New Book | Does It Sing?In Episode 2 of Does It Sing?, David Goldsmith sits down with Broadway and West End actress, novelist, memoirist, and now musical-theatre bookwriter Alexandra Silber. From The Woman in White and Carousel to Arlington and Fiddler on the Roof, Alexandra has embodied some of the most iconic roles on stage — and now she’s making history as the first writer approved by the Alan Jay Lerner Estate to create a brand-new book for

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00:54:36

EP 1 Gypsy’s “Some People” — The Lost Merman Demo...

Does It Sing? With David Goldsmith And Friends ·

2025/09/28

What makes a musical theatre song actually work? In Ep. 1 of Does It Sing?, David Goldsmith breaks down the little-known demo of “Some People” (sung by Ethel Merman with Jule Styne at the piano) from Gypsy — and reverse-engineers the crucial book/lyric fix that turned a good idea into a classic I Want number. We dig into Sondheim’s early draft lyrics, the narrative problem (solving the scene too soon), and the elegant staging solution (hello, the plaque) that lets the song land like a freight

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