Crime and Punishment: The Musical

The world premiere of Crime and Punishment: The Musical.  A crime wave sweeps through Oceantown, including petty and grand larceny, tax evasion, voter fraud, gambling and public drunkenness, and even a string of murders. We witness courtroom scenes in which defendants are both exonerated and convicted. We experience the gripping pathos of prisons and jails, and finally, see the rehabilitation of at least one of the inmates.

Act I: A crime wave sweeps over Oceantown

  1 - Who Stole the Lock - The Rhythmakers – 1932

  2 - Who stole the Tiger's Rug ? - Eddie Tower und sein grosses Tanzorchester – 1941

  3 - Who Stole That Train - Ray Price – 1953

  4 - Larceny Hearted Woman - Leonard Feather's Hiptet – 1945

  5 - Murder, He Says - Peggy Mann with Teddy Powell and his Orchestra - 1942

  6 - It's Murder - Lil Armstrong And Her Swing Orchestra – 1936

  7 - Murder At Peyton Hall - Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - 1941

  8 - Murder of J. B. Markham - Johnny Mercer and His Orchestra with Six Hits and A Miss – 1937

Act II: The suspects are tried in the courtroom of the Honorable Roy Kingsley

  9 - Good Morning Judge - Wynonie Harris with Orchestra – 1950

  10 - Gentlemen of the Jury - Meredith Blake with Gray Gordon and his Tic-Toc Rhythm – 1940

  11 - Don't Send My Boy to Prison - Jerry Colonna with Fud and his Fuddy-Bears – 1939

  12 - Let the Punishment Fit the Crime - Jimmy Mitchelle with Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra – 1939

Act III: We go from cell to cell and hear the story of each prisoner

  13 - Prison Bound - Josh White - 1940

  14 - A Prison without Walls - Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and his Guitar – 1950

  15 - Back in Jail Again - Jesse Rodgers with the El Patio Trio - 1937

  16 - County Jail Blues - Johnny Temple with The Harlem Hamfats – 1938

  17 - County Jail Special - Champion Jack Dupree – 1945

  18 - Carceleras (Prison Song) - Amelita Galli-Curci – 1926

  19 - Birmingham Jail - Dad Pickerd – 1929

  20 - Birmingham Jail - The Dezurik Sisters: Caroline and Mary Jane – 1940

  21 - He's in the Jailhouse Now - Gene kardos Orchestra – 1932

  22 - In the Jail House Now - Frankie Wallace and His Guitar – 1928

  23 - D'une Prison (From a Prison) - Nicholas Amato (de L'Apollo) and Claude Ivy - 1930

  24 - Fort Worth Jail - Woody Herman And His Woodchoppers – 1941

  25 - The Answer to 21 Years - Zora Layman and Ben Miller – 1933

  26 - The Prison Fire - Carson Robison Trio - 1930

  27 - I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - Cumberland Ridge Runners - 1934

Epilogue: Redemption

  28 - I'm Turning Over A Brand New Leaf - Billy Barton – 1955

29 – Boston Blackie Goes To Jail For Diamond Theft, first broadcast December 3rd, 1946