Tears of Heaven (musical)

Tears from Heaven is a musical with a book by Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Robin Lerner, and music by Frank Wildhorn.[1] It is set during the Vietnam War.

For the South Korean TV series, see Tears of Heaven (TV series).
Tears of Heaven
A New Musical
Original Seoul poster
MusicFrank Wildhorn
LyricsRobin Lerner
BookPhoebe Hwang
Productions2011 Seoul

Plot

Vietnam, 1968: A love triangle between a beautiful Vietnamese singer, a Korean private, and an American Colonel set against the backdrop of the days leading up to and during the Tet Offensive. The tale follows our leads to Seoul, Korea, and San Francisco's Chinatown.[2]

Songs

Production

The musical had a reading in September 2009 in New York, featuring Deborah Lew, Paolo Montalban and John Cudia, and direction by Gabriel Barre.[4]

An English language concept recording was released on Global Vision Records, featuring Linda Eder, Rob Evan and Christiane Noll.[5][1]

The musical premiered in South Korea in 2011 at the National Theater in Seoul. Directed by Gabriel Barre, the cast featured Junsu and Brad Little.[6]

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References
  1. Hetrick, Adam. "'Tears of Heaven' Album with Linda Eder, Morgan James and Rob Evan, Released in US" playbill.com, November 3, 2011
  2. "Projects" frankwildhorn.com
  3. allmusic.com
  4. Gans, Andrew. "Reading of Wildhorn Musical Tears of Heaven, with Lew, Montalban, Cudia, Offered Sept. 11" playbill.com, September 11, 2009
  5. Lester, Rob. "Sound Advice Reviews" talkinbroadway.com, December 29, 2011
  6. "Scenes from Frank Wildhorn's 'Tears of Heaven' in Korea" broadwayworld.com, February 23, 2011
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