It is based on the animated musical educational series of short videos titled Schoolhouse Rock!

The show is a jukebox musical of sorts because it re-uses songs originally written for Schoolhouse Rock!

Songs are composed by Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, George Newall, Lynn Ahrens, Kathy Mandry, and Tom Yohe.

It starred Joseph Beal, Dina Joy Byrd, Shulie Cowen, Dori Goldman, George Keating and Thomas Mizer.

It starred Thomas Mizer as Tom and featured George Keating, Dori Goldman, Joseph Beal, Melissa Hartman, Dina Joy Bird, and Amy L. Hansted.

After a successful production in Toronto, the show launched a national tour in Indianapolis in September 1997.

By revisiting these moments from his childhood and getting caught up in them, Tom remembers that learning can be fun ("Ready or Not, Here I Come").

Joe is ready to do a song about pronouns, but he needs some help from the group ("Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla").

Joe reminds Tom that school will be a very important transition to America for many of his students who are not native English speakers, just as America went through an important transition as it expanded ("Great American Melting Pot / Elbow Room").

Shulie teaches a lesson about space ("Interplanet Janet") and the thought of going to the Moon gets the whole group energized.

Lou Carlozo from The Chicago Tribune wrote "As a whole, the cast carries the 80-minute show with youthful exuberance and energy, though two standouts should be noted.

The first is Keating, who captures the singsong spirit of these educational odes and amplifies it to hilarious heights.

The show features songs such as "The Rockin’ Medley," "Electricity," "Telegraph Line", "Lucky Seven Sampson", "Naughty Number Nine", "Dollars and Sense," and "Good Eleven," and uses "I'm Just a Bill", "Interjections," and "Conjunction Junction," from the first show.