Here are many of the songs from the show—which you can download by clicking
on the song's title. The author's favorite is "Lucky You."
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For a taste of the show's different musical styles, take a listen to "The College Of Her Choice Medley."
The credits for the audio recordings are at the bottom of the page.
After telling her daughter, Ellen, that she'd be "lucky" to get into Rutgers, Ellen's mother sings about her own desperate childhood, and contrasts it with Ellen's good fortune. A neighbor provides career encouragement—which the mother promptly skewers. A dramatic and comic song.
Ellen's Dad puts forth his philosophy on running his household and raising his daughter.
Ellen smokes pot for the first time and doesn't realize she's high. Other girls in the bathroom provide mocking commentary.
Ellen keeps getting asked about what she wants to do in life—and doesn't know. In this song, Ellen talks about "her future" with her mother.
Ellen's Mother sings about her tactics for dealing with her husband, Ellen's father. And she sings about the times she is free.
Some tough boys in detention wonder what Ellen—an honors student—is doing in their midst. Does she have the right street cred to be among them? They ask probing questions—and get surprising answers.
Ellen's tormentor from homeroom raps about the joys of being a bully.
Ellen gets some help is dealing with the bully, and makes her own commentary on "feigned love."
Ellen announces a miraculous event to the other kids in detention. She's been sprung—by a girl she's only met once.
After Ellen tells her father that she's aiming for far better schools than what he proposed, he sings about his mother's aspirations for him.
Ellen is studying with her love interest Dominic, but he won't get a clue that there are things to do other than study.
Ellen's mother tries to convey that she understands Ellen. She's not all that convincing.
Ellen considers her college choices. Other characters chime in with their opinions on where she should go.
Curtain closer after the final scene in College/Bound.