Check Out The Complete Video Playlist For The Hit Concert Series IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE
By: Michael Dale Apr. 21, 2016
and Caleb Hoyer
Never say the f-word in front of Jennifer Ashley Tepper. No, no... not that f-word, although you probably shouldn't say that one either. The f-word she abhors is the one often used to describe a Broadway production that doesn't exactly run for now and forever; sometimes not even for a second performance.
Long before she was the author of the acclaimed book series "The Untold Stories of Broadway" and began curating Feinstein's/54 Below as its Director of Programming, she, actor/writer Kevin Michael Murphy and composer/lyricist Caleb Hoyer created the popular ongoing concert series IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE, to honor the artists who, at the very least, achieved the goal of getting their work produced on Broadway (sometimes Off-Broadway).
As every musical theatre fan knows, there can be numerous reasons why a show doesn't become a hit, and there are wonders to be found in many lesser-known scores.
Each one-night-only concert has featured rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated musicals. Often original cast members pop by for personal remembrances or to recreate a performance most know only from the show's cast album.
You can catch up on over 200 performances from IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE concerts in the YouTube playlist that begins below with Adam Gwon, Joe Iconis, Brian Lowdermilk and Benj Pasek singing "Good Old Glory Type Days" from James Gardiner and Nick Blaemire's GLORY DAYS. Scroll down for every video on the playlist, listed alphabetically by its YouTube title.
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- A Man of No Importance 2002 (Part 1 - feat. Kevin Michael Murphy - "Love's Never Lost")
- A Man of No Importance 2002 (Part 2 - feat. Eric William Morris - "Streets of Dublin")
- A.J. Holmes - "Need To Know" (WEIRD ROMANCE)
- Adam Riegler - "Desert Island All Time Top 5 Break-Ups" from HIGH FIDELITY
- Alex Ellis, Hayley Podschun, Lindsay Nicole Chambers - "Still Single" (How Do You Do I Love You)
- Alexander Sage Oyen - "Yogi" (KID CHAMPION)
- Alexis Field and Megan Kane- "Didn't Leave It Here" from Brownstone
- Ali Stroker - "Bad Glad Good And Had" from GOT TU GO DISCO
- All American 1962 (feat Caleb Hoyer - "Once Upon a Time")
- Alli Mauzey - "Screw Loose" CRY-BABY
- Allie Trimm - "Dad & I" (ACTOR LAWYER INDIAN CHIEF)
- Alysha Umphress - "Jonny Don't Go" ZOMBIE PROM with Lauren Lawson, Tricia Giordano, Kennedy Caughell
- Ana Nogueira & Dana Steingold - "Complicated Man" DOONESBURY
- Andre DeShields with Bertilla Baker, Marlene Danielle, Freida Williams - "Love In The Morning"
- Anika Larsen - "Ain't Got Time" (ZANNA DON'T!) with Lauren Lawson, Troy Pepicelli, Andrey Patino
- Anita Gillette - "The Secret Service" (MR. PRESIDENT)
- Ann Harada - "All Fall Down" from ROMANCE IN HARD TIMES
- Anne Bobby- stories and songs from SMILE
- Anne L. Nathan - "Hit The Ladies" (MUSICAL CHAIRS)
- Annie Warbucks 1993 (feat Lindsay Mendez - "But You Go On")
- Anthony Rapp- "Playground of the Planets" from The Little Prince and the Aviator
- Autumn Hurlbert "Lila Tremaine" from Fade Out-Fade In
- Badia Farha - "Purlie" (PURLIE)
- Ben Crawford - "Fight The Dragons" (BIG FISH)
- Ben Fankhauser - "Blood Red Roses" (BLOOD RED ROSES)
- Betsy Wolfe - "Someone Woke Up" (Do I Hear A Waltz?)
- Brandon Uranowitz - "Mark's All Male Thanksgiving" (Elegies- A Song Cycle)
- Brandon Uranowitz, Corey Mach, Nic Rouleau - "Joe Papp" (Elegies- A Song Cycle)
- Brandon Victor Dixon - "Go Back Home" (The Scottsboro Boys)
- Brandon Victor Dixon speaks about "The Scottsboro Boys"
- Bret Shuford - "Smashing New York Times" (A Broadway Musical)
- Brian Gari- Late Nite Comic
- Brynn O'Malley - "I Wouldn't Change A Thing" (The Last Resorts/Happily Ever After)
- Cady Huffman - "Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries" (Big Deal)
- Caleb Hoyer - "How Are The Mighty Fallen" (King David)
- Caleb Hoyer - "The Other Hours" (THOU SHALT NOT)
- Carly Rose Sonenclar - "The Money Tree" from THE ACT
- Carrie Heffernan, Alison Robinson, Jenny Wren - "The Man Nobody Could Love" from LEGS DIAMOND
- Chad Kimball - "Mother" (LENNON)
- Charlotte Maltby - The Flowers (YOUR OWN THING)
- Chip Zien - "Kick The Dog" (RIDE THE WINDS)
- Claybourne Elder - "The Best Thing That Ever Has Happened" ROAD SHOW
- Claybourne Elder & Jeremy Jordan - "When I Drive" BONNIE & CLYDE
- Colin Hanlon - "Maybe We Just Made Love" (I LOVE YOU BECAUSE)
- Corey Mach & Ryah Nixon - "People Like Us" (The Wild Party)
- Daniel Everidge and Cale Krise - "The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Boogie" (Rockabye Hamlet)
- Daniel Mate - "The World Is Coming To A Start" (PURLIE)
- Danielle Gimbal, Christopher Ketner, Kelvin Moon Loh, Monet Sabel, Amanda Savan, Ryan Speakman--NYU
- Debbie Does Dallas 2002 (feat Lance Rubin - "I Wanna Do Debbie")
- Debbie Gravitte- "Life Is" from Zorba
- Debra Monk - "Ohio Afternoon" (OIL CITY SYMPHONY)
- Dee Hoty - "I'm Leavin' Texas" (The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public)
- Derek Klena - "All The Little Things In The World Are Waiting" (PARK)
- Diamonds 1984 (feat Aaron Simon Gross - "In the Cards")
- Don Stitt - "Never Never Be An Artist" from CAN-CAN
- Donna Vivino - "What Kind Of Fool" (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER)
- Drew Gasparini & Ari McKay Wilford - "The Guitar Song" (EARL OF RUSTON)
- Ed Dixon - "I Have Not Lived In Vain" (THE KING OF SCHNORRERS)
- Eddie Korbich - "The Lorax Song" (Seussical)
- Eddie Korbich speaks about his experiences in SEUSSICAL
- Elena Shaddow - "All For Laura" (WOMAN IN WHITE)
- Etai BenShlomo - "In Your Eyes" (MOLLY) with stories by Ted Chapin
- F. Michael Haynie with Roman Pietrs, Peter Kriss, David Janett - "Milady" (STARMITES)
- Francesca Garrard - "Millwork" (WORKING)
- Frank Vlastnik - "Big Medley" (BIG THE MUSICAL)
- George Lee Andrews - "I Don't Remember Christmas" (Starting Here, Starting Now)
- George Salazar & Julia Mattison - "The Dressing Room Suffle" I SING!
- Good Old Glory Type Days Adam Gwon, Joe Iconis, Brian Lowdermilk and Benj Pasek
- Gregory L. Williams and Karen Richardson - "Night Letter" from TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA
- Heidi Blickenstaff singing "Sing Happy" from Flora The Red Menace
- I Don't Wanna Go Over To Vietnam (THE LIEUTENANT)
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Birds of Paradise
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Cops
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - December Songs
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Dessa Rose
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - King of Hearts
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Me & Juliet
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Nick & Nora
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Purlie (Part 1)
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Purlie (Part 2)
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Roza
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Salvation
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Summer of '42
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Summer of '42 (Part 2)
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - The Magic Show
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - The Moony Shapiro Songbook
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Truckload (James Dybas - Part 1)
- If it Only Even Runs a Minute - Truckload (James Dybas - Part 2)
- If It Only Even Runs a Minute - Witches of Eastwick
- Ilene Graff - "Love Revolution" (I LOVE MY WIFE) with Ben Lanzarone
- Jacey Powers and Alex Wyse - "Little Fat Girls" DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?
- Jake Epstein - "Soon" (Soon)
- James Dybas speaks about being assistant director of TRUCKLOAD
- Jared Bradshaw & Lindsay Northen - "They're Playing Our Song" (THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG)
- Jared Weiss - "Bernadette" THE CAPEMAN
- Jason Williams & MK Lawson - "Paula (An Improvised Love Song)" from The Goodbye Girl
- Jay Armstrong Johnson - "You Are So Beyond" from Marilyn An American Fable
- Jeb Brown - "You Can Never Go Back" BRING BACK BIRDIE
- Jeb Brown - "You Can Never Go Back" BRING BACK BIRDIE
- Jeb Brown speaks about BRING BACK BIRDIE
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy speak about Haarlem Nocturne
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy speak about HOW DO YOU DO, I LOVE YOU
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy speak about LENNON
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy speak about MOLLY
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy speak about Soon
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy talk about BRING BACK BIRDIE
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper & Kevin Michael Murphy talk about DRACULA
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy share fun facts from CAN-CAN
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy share fun facts from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy share more fun facts and anecdotes about TRUCKLOAD
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy talk about BIG THE MUSICAL
- Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Kevin Michael Murphy talk about GOOD VIBRATIONS
- Jenny Donoghue- "Dear Ms. Streisand" from Rachael Lily Rosenbloom And Don't You Ever Forget It!
- Jeremy Jordan & Ashley Spencer - "Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts" WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
- Jeremy Morse- "The Man in 37A" from Actor Lawyer Indian Chief
- Jerry Dixon - "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" (Five Guys Named Moe)
- Jessica Kent singing "Disneyland" from SMILE
- Jill Paice - "Magic Moment" THE GAY LIFE
- Jim Stanek- "1876"/ "Mrs. Remington" from Story of My Life
- Jim Walton - "Good Thing Going" from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
- Jo Philbin with Matthew Dure - "Sleepy Man" (THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM)
- John Hickok - "Pretty Music" PARADE
- John Jeffrey Martin - "Sail Me Away" (LESTAT)
- Jose Restrepo - "Can't Keep It Down" (FAME)
- Josh Grisetti - "Franklin Shepard Inc." from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
- Julia Murney - "Beautiful Boy" (Lennon)
- Kacie Sheik - "Starfish" (La Strada)
- Kate Shindle - "Spark of Creation" (Children of Eden)
- Kate Wetherhead - "Nobody Steps on Kafritz" (HENRY SWEET HENRY)
- Katie Schorr - "My Grandmother' s Love Letters" (DECEMBER SONGS)
- Katie Thompson - "When It Happens To You" (THE RED SHOES)
- Katrina Rose Dideriksen - "So Long Dude" from Dude
- Ken Billington (original lighting designer) speaks about BLOOD RED ROSES
- Kenita Miller - "Twelve Children" (DESSA ROSE)
- Kenny Francoeur & Melissa Rapelje - "The Dinghy Song" (SOMETHING'S AFOOT)
- Kevin Michael Murphy - "An Ordinary Guy" from Amour
- Kevin Michael Murphy & Lucy Horton - "Fireworks" DO RE MI
- Kevin Michael Murphy and Brian DeCaluwe - "Haunting You" (LOVE CYCLE)
- Kristen da Costa, Natalie Hinds, Blair Goldberg - "Make Him Mine" (THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK)
- Kristen Gray -"Three First Ladies/Dirt Between My Fingers/Personal Preisdent" from SENATOR JOE
- Krysta Rodriguez with Megan Kip, Stephanie Griffith, Ashley Anne Harrell - "Your Imagination"
- Larry Hochman speaks about DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?
- Larry Owens - "Let The Weeping Cease" (THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS)
- Lauren Marcus- "If" from Two On The Aisle
- Lauren Worsham - "Migratory V" (MYTHS & HYMNS by Adam Guettel)
- Leader of the Pack 1985 (feat. Annie Golden!)
- Leah Hocking - "Because" (THE THING ABOUT MEN)
- Len Cariou - "There's Always One You Can't Forget" (Dance A Little Closer)
- Lesli Margherita - "I Hate Musicals" (RUTHLESS!)
- Lexi Rabadi & Charles A. Franklin - "To Hear You Say My Name" (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
- Lisa Brescia - "Nothing Really Happened," from is there life after high school?
- Liz Larsen - "Superhero Girl" (STARMITES)
- Loni Ackerman - "Crossword Puzzle" (Starting Here, Starting Now)
- Loni Ackerman, George Lee Andrews, Margery Cohen speak about Starting Here, Starting Now
- Louis Hobson - "Jonas' Soliloquy" (LEAP OF FAITH)
- Louis St. Louis - "Hello Sunshine" (TRUCKLOAD)
- Lynne Wintersteller - "Life Story" (Closer Than Ever)
- Mack and Mabel 1974 (feat Molly Hager - "Time Heals Everything")
- Malcolm Gets with Kevin Earley - "Cookies/Sailing" (A NEW BRAIN)
- Mana Allen speaks about her experience as an original cast member of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
- Margery Cohen - "Autumn" (Starting Here, Starting Now)
- Margo Seibert - "When It Comes To Lovin'" ((HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN)
- Marlowe - 1981 (feat. Leslie McDonel singing "Christopher")
- Marty Thomas - "Truckload" (TRUCKLOAD)
- Mary Jo Mecca & Marcy McGuigan - "Grass Is Always Greener" from Woman of the Year
- Mary Testa- "Set Those Sails" from In Trousers
- Max Crumm - "Poiple Kishke Eater" (BORSCHT CAPADES)
- Meg Bussert - "Lolita My Love/In The Broken Promised Land of Fifteen" (Lolita My Love)
- Megan Maes, Kevin Michael Murphy, Lauren Conlin Adams - "Top That" (TEEN WITCH)
- Megan Sikora - "Cool Rider" from Grease 2
- Melanie Field - "Ive Never Said I Love You" from Dear World
- Michael Rupert - "The Happy Time/ Walking Among My Yesterdays" (THE HAPPY TIME)
- Michelle Federer - "Princess" (A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE)
- Mike Rosengarten - "Dixie/Planes" (UP IN ONE)
- Molly Pope - "I'm A Woman" (CARMELINA)
- Monet Julia Sabel - "Something Special" (Georgy)
- My Favorite Year 1992 (feat. Evan Pappas)
- Nancy Anderson - "Mona" from A Class Act
- Nic Rouleau - "Fiasco" (Coco)
- Nick Blaemire - "I Chose Right" from Baby
- Nick Wyman - "Bungalow in Quogue" (VERY GOOD EDDIE)
- Onward Victoria: Jill Eikenberry- "Changes" and Jordan Stanley- "Unescorted Women"
- Patrick Jude - "Cassie" from GOT TU GO DISCO
- Perry Kroeger speaks about his experience as the writer of SENATOR JOE
- Personals 1985 (feat Aj Shively - "After School Special")
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- Rachel Lee - "I Can Have It All" DOONESBURY
- Randy Graff - "I Sure Like The Boys" from A MY NAME IS ALICE
- Renee Claire Bergeron - "Yenta Power" (A Broadway Musical)
- Richard H. Blake - "Prince of Central Park" (PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK)
- Richard Maltby Jr. & David Shire speak about HOW DO YOU DO, I LOVE YOU
- Ryan Scott Oliver - "If I Sing" (Closer Than Ever)
- Ryann Redmond - "How The Money Changes Hands" (TENDERLOIN)
- Sally Wilfert - "Fifty Percent" (Ballroom)
- Sam Tedaldi, Alyse Alan Louis, Joel Ingram, Alison Renee Foster - "I Let Him Kiss Me Once"
- Samantha Martin - "Don't Laugh" (HOT SPOT, MADWOMAN OF CENTRAL PARK WEST)
- Sarah Saltzberg and Jared Gertner - "I'll Try" from REDHEAD
- Sarah Shahinian - "I Want More" (LESTAT)
- Saum Eskandani - "My Ship" LADY IN THE DARK
- Scott Fagan (writer) speaks about Soon
- Sean Michael Palmer, Anna Ty Bergman, Samantha Massell - "Whatever Turns You On" LET MY PEOPLE COME
- Shakina Nayfack - "Can You Hear My Voice" (TO LIVE ANOTHER SUMMER TO PASS ANOTHER WINTER)
- Slut 2005 (feat Lorinda Lisitza - "Lower the Bar")
- Steve Rosen - "Ode To The Brooklyn Bridge" (Kelly)
- Taylor Trensch with Danielle Gimbal, Christopher Ketner, Kelvin Moon Loh - "An Eye For An Eye"
- Telly Leung - "Watching the Show" (The Times)
- The Baker's Wife 1976 (feat. Jaclyn Huberman - "Meadowlark")
- Todd Buonopane - "I Just Can't Wait" (SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING)
- Tom Hewitt - "Fresh Blood" DRACULA
- Tony Yazbeck - "Put Me To The Test" NEVER GONNA DANCE
- Tracy Weiler- "Men" from So Long 174th Street
- Tripp Fountain - "That Woman Can't Play No Piano" (Amen Corner)
- Via Galactica 1972 (feat. Rich Krakowski - "400 Girls Ago")
- Will Roland - "Floozies" (THE GRASS HARP)
- Zack Zadek - "Some Of Us Belong To The Stars" (BILLY)
- Zak Resnick - "More Than One Way" (SKYSCRAPER)
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