They're Playing Our Song
In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven.Notable cast replacements included Tony Roberts, Stockard Channing, Victor Garber, Anita Gillette, John Hillner, Diana Canova and Ted Wass.According to the history of the Shaftesbury Theatre, "The most successful production during this time was the musical They're Playing Our Song (1980), starring Tom Conti and Gemma Craven, which ran for nearly two years.On August 30, 2010, Seth Rudetsky and Sutton Foster starred in a one-night only Actors Fund benefit performance of the show at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre.[12] In fall of 2010, the Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles staged a production starring Jason Alexander and Stephanie J.The production, directed by Zoltán Seregi and choreographed by Judit Kerekes, starred Anna Balogh as Sonia and György Szomor as Vernon.[16] A Spanish-language production directed by Antonio Banderas ran from June 6 to July 21, 2024 at the Teatro del Soho in Málaga, starring Miquel Fernández as Vernon Gersch and María Adamuz as Sonia Walsk.[17] Top pop music composer Vernon Gersch, hoping to find a new collaborator, meets offbeat Sonia Walsk, who has already had some success writing lyrics and is in awe of his accomplishments, at his luxury Manhattan apartment.Another work session, in which the two really don't listen to each other, follows, but Vernon convinces Sonia to join him for a romantic weekend at a Long Island beach house.A few months later, while Vernon is in a Los Angeles hospital, Sonia arrives unexpectedly with a tiny red child's piano as a get-well gift.