Your Own Thing" — Complete Vocal Score Music and Lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar Publisher: National General Music Publishing Co., Inc. | Original 1968 First Edition | 44 pages | Staple-bound
About This Show: Your Own Thing opened off-Broadway on January 13, 1968 at the Orpheum Theatre and became one of the most celebrated and groundbreaking musicals of its era, running for an extraordinary 937 performances. Loosely based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, this innovative "new rock musical" was produced by Zev Bufman and Dorothy Love, with book and direction by Donald Driver and music and lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar.
The show was a sensation, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical of 1968 — beating out Hair for the honor. Clive Barnes of the New York Times called it "cheerful, joyful and blissfully irreverent to Shakespeare and everything else... its vitality and charm are terrific." The show was notable for its pioneering use of slide projections and multimedia elements onstage, making it a landmark of the rock musical genre.
About This Score: This is the original 1968 complete vocal score — published the year the show opened — by National General Music Publishing Co., the show's original publisher. This edition is long out of print and scarce, making it a highly desirable find for collectors and theatre enthusiasts. It contains the complete vocal score for every song in the show.
Complete Song List:
(Please see interior photo for the complete contents page)
Condition: Used – Good Shows normal wear consistent with its age as a 1968 vintage publication. Original price sticker ($4.95) still visible on cover — a charming period detail. Pages are present and fully readable. Please examine all photos carefully. Sold as a vintage collectible.
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