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Composer Lindsay Jones grapples with the fact that it’s been a very long time since the first production of Todd Logan’s play Botanic Garden, and realizes that perhaps he has a lot more in common with these characters than he thought. He commits to writing songs for Botanic Garden The Musical that will draw upon his own journey as well as the play. We hear the story behind Have You Heard, and how it was ultimately replaced by the love song A House Built On Love. Then love turns on its head as we slam into the confrontational song Do You Love Me So Much, and we discover that the love behind a relationship can easily be a two-sided coin or… a double edged sword.

Todd Logan invites Lindsay Jones to help adapt Todd’s play Botanic Garden into a musical and almost immediately Lindsay realizes he has no idea how to write a musical. Lindsay writes the perfect opening song which everyone loves until they all realize that perhaps it’s not the perfect opening song. Inspired by Stephen Sondheim’s struggle to write “Comedy Tonight”, Lindsay creates “Why Am I Here” which is actually becomes the perfect song to open the show. Lindsay then vows to write an entire musical using only a piano, then immediately breaks this vow by adding in a metronome as musical instrument on “An Honest Lie”. This journey may have more twists than we thought.

Join Tony-nominated composer Lindsay Jones as your guide through the 17 year long journey to turn Todd Logan’s successful play BOTANIC GARDEN into a musical. You’ll learn the step-by-step process of how the songs were created and hear from the people who made it happen: playwright/collaborator Todd Logan, director Ann Filmer, all of the actors from multiple productions and more. Plus, as the finale of the series, you’ll be able to hear the full audio drama presentation of BOTANIC GARDEN THE MUSICAL.