Dear Sweet Sewing Machine (Fiddler on the Roof)
Motel is happily singing about his newly acquired sewing machine. it may seem strange for us; however, in 1905 Russia, having a sewing machine was a big deal for a…
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Pharaoh’s Dreams Explained (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
The Pharaoh had a dream that foreshadows changes in Egypt’s luck over the next 14 years. These ups and downs in the luck draws very similar parallels to the Business…
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More is Better (Mean Girls The Musical)
Cady sings that “more is always better,” which is something that is typically assumed in economics. This is not always the case though, as the law of diminishing marginal utility…
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The Sparkling Diamond (Moulin Rouge!)
Satine is the “sparkling diamond” in Moulin Rogue! Satine sings of the value that diamonds have in her life, as they are better than men, along with other things. The…
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The Squip Song (Be More Chill)
There are many items with inelastic demand- in this case, it’s the Squip. The squip is a pill that people take to help them “be more chill”. If Jeremy wants…
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I Wanna Be A Producer (The Producers)
Leo Bloom is an accountant- a job that he and his coworkers all find fairly boring. Leo has a dream of quitting his job and being a producer on Broadway….
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Blood in the Water (Legally Blonde)
Harvard Law Students are learning about what it takes to be a lawyer- and how they must act if they wish to be successful. Some students want to have fulfilling…
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I Want it That Way (& Juliet)
& Juliet takes place before Romeo and Juliet had been performed. Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare are discussing the ending of the play; Anne thinks that Juliet should live a…
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A Map of New York (If/Then)
Beth and Stephen are New York City planners. They dream of making the city a better place to live through creating plans, rules, zoning restrictions, etc. Many other cities across…
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With One Look (Sunset Boulevard)
Norma Desmond was the biggest star of Silent Movies. But when the talking movies came out, she was no longer a star. Here she laments her turn in life and…
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