| Your Own Thing | |
|---|---|
 Original Off-Broadway poster | |
| Music | Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar |
| Lyrics | Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar |
| Book | Donald Driver |
| Basis | Shakespeare's Twelfth Night |
| Productions | 1968 Off-Broadway 1969 West End 1969 Australia |
Your Own Thing is a rock-styled musical comedy loosely based on Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. It premiered off-Broadway in early 1968. The music and lyrics are by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar [1] with the book adaptation by Donald Driver, who also directed the original production.[2] Dorothy Love was the show's producer. The show was a success, running for 937 performances Off-Broadway[3] and then touring and playing in London and Australia.[4]
- ^ Lambert, Bruce."Hal Hester, 63; Helped to Write A Rock Musical" New York Times, September 24, 1992
- ^ Billboard obituary (Lifelines) 1995. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1995-04-08.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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