Soon_(musical) Knowpia

*Soon*
Soon
Music	Joseph M. Kookoolis ; Scott Fagan
Lyrics	Scott Fagan
Book	Martin Duberman ; Robert Greenwald
Productions	1971 Broadway; 1971 Los Angeles

Soon is a rock opera with music by Joseph M. Kookoolis and Scott Fagan, lyrics by Fagan, and a book by Martin Duberman and Robert Greenwald. It is based on a story by Fagan and Kookoolis.

The story is about a group of young musicians who achieve success in New York City, but pay the price. It was an attack on the record industry, which apparently caused Fagan and Kookoolis to be blacklisted.^[2]

Productions edit

The 1971 Broadway show opened on January 12 after 21 previews at the Ritz Theatre, and closed after three performances on January 13.^[3]

The show was musically directed by Louis St. Louis, set design Kert F. Lundell, costume design David Chapman, lighting design Jules Fisher, audio design Jack Shearing, vocal arrangements by Louis and Jacqueline Penn, orchestrations by Howard Wyeth and Jon Huston, additional staging by Gerald Freedman, and choreography by Fred Benjamin. The band included Louis on piano, Richard Apuzzo on guitar and electric guitar, Adam Ippolito on organ and tuba, John Trivers fender bass and guitar, and Tim Case on drums.^[4]

The original cast featured Peter Allen (Henry), Dennis Belline (Wilson Wilson), Barry Bostwick (Kelly), Pendleton Brown (Psychedelic Necktie), Angus Cairns (Record Company Executive), Joseph Campbell Butler (Neil), Nell Carter (Sharon), Paul Eichel (Record Company Executive), Leata Galloway (Faith), Richard Gere (Michael), Marta Heflin (Annie), Del Hinkley (Record Company Executive), Michael Jason (Henry's Friend), Tony Middleton (Songwriter), John C. Nelson (Henry's Friend), Pamela Pentony (Rita), Marion Ramsey (Hope), Vicki Sue Robinson (Charity), Larry Spinelli (Record Company Executive), and Singer Williams (Henry's Friend).^[5]

Reception edit

Martin Brookspan said "The tide of Rock musicals reaches its high water mark in Soon… an inventive, imaginative, brilliantly realized creation."^[6] Emory Lewis said "Soon is a hallelujah blessing, glorious music easily the best score of the season… I loved every rocking minute."^[7] John Schubeck said "Staggering shots of meaning. Dynamite in so many ways."^[8] In The New Yorker, Brendan Gill called the show “a disaster.”

Songs edit

Act I edit

Let the World Begin Again
In Your Hands
I See the Light/ Gentle Sighs
Roll Out the Morning
Everybody's Running
Henry Is Where It's At
Music, Music
Glad to Know Ya
Rita Cheeta
Henry's Dream Theme
To Touch the Sky
Everybody's Running (Reprise)
Marketing, Marketing
Sweet Henry Loves You
One More Time
Straight
Wait

Act II edit

Faces, Names and Places
Annie's Thing
Doing the High
Soon
Country Store Living
What's Gonna Happen to Me
On the Charts
Molecules
So Much That I Know
Child of Sympathy
Frustration
Doing the High (Reprise)
It Won't Be Long

References edit

^ http://www.jcornett.com/swf/scripts/soon.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Conversations with Scott Fagan".
^ "IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
^ "Home". scottfagan.com.
^ "Home". scottfagan.com.
^ "Home". scottfagan.com.