Sun
By James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
Music
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Script
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Score
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SYNOPSIS
SUN is a love story set in this environmentally difficult time. It is about the state of the earth, American culture and American people. Jim Rado and Gerome Ragni are brilliant lyricists, speaking bluntly and humorously about the circumstances we are in. SUN deals with the damaged planet and looks to the “old world” of the mythical Gods for rescue.
This is a collection of the SUN songs. The songs are performed by the authors Galt MacDermot on keyboards and synthesizers, vocals by Jim Rado, and Gerome Ragni accompanied by some of Broadway’s most talented singers; Caroline Payton, Leata Galloway, David Lasley and others.
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Development Notes
Begun 1974 by Rado & Ragni as a follow-up to Hair; originally titled YMCA Workshop staged for backers 1976 (directed by John Vaccaro of Theatre of the Ridiculous; cast included Ruby Lynn Reyner, Annie-Joe Edwards, Ellen Foley) Never made it past rehearsals in 1976 1998: Concert version of Sun with Galt MacDermot score performed at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall; 3-disc cast recording released on Rado Records 2011: Sun (Audio Movie) — presented at Howl! Arts Project, NYC, October 22 (introduced by James Rado); 60-song, 3-hour environmental musical about politics, pollution, rain forests An environmental/Orwellian musical about nuclear gods vs. natural gods, good vs. evil
1977: Rado & Ragni wrote Jack Sound and His Dog Star Blowing His Final Trumpet on the Day of Doom with Margoshes — produced at La MaMa, NYC, summer 1978 James Rado (1932–2022) and Gerome Ragni (1935–1991): Tony-nominated creators of Hair (1967 Broadway; worldwide phenomenon; Grammy Award) Galt MacDermot: multiple Grammy Award winner.