Your Own Thing and Twelfth Night

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A rock musical loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, with a book by Donald Driver, music by Hal Hester, and lyrics by Danny Apolinar, Your Own Thing became the surprise hit of the off-Broadway season after its opening on January 13, 1968, at the Orpheum, where it had a run of 937 performances. With a cast that included Leland Palmer, Marian Mercer, and Danny Apolinar, the musical, set in modern-day Illyria (read New York), is about twins (a brother and sister) separated by a storm at sea, mistaken identities, love betrayals, and, in updated parlance, “doing your own thing.” First LP release: March 1968 -https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/your-own-thing-original-off-broadway-cast-recording-1968/