30 Days of NYMF Day 14: Go-Go Beach

Go-Go Beach
by John Wimbs�

Come on, kids!

Grab a towel and run

to the way out, grooviest

place in the sun!�

A beach party musical?

Yes.�

The original inspiration for Go-Go Beach came from the authors' love of the wildly popular beach party movies of the mid-1960s.�The nature of the boy-meets-girl stories set against the backdrop of the surf, sand, pop music, dancing and crazy fashions make these films a natural source of material to adapt for a nostalgic musical comedy with a wide appeal.�

She's a beauty. She's a queen.

She's the prettiest little thing

I've ever seen-seen-seen.�

A bikini's not a place a chick can hide �

but it ain't about the wrapping,

it's the thing that fits inside!

But, early on in the development of the material we all came to realize that simply re-creating a beach party movie on stage wasn't going to be enough of a reason for this piece to exist.��When we began to explore themes of the '60s, we realized that we had an opportunity to tell a touching coming-of-age story not only about the teens on this beach, but about the coming-of-age of an entire generation.� �

In San Francisco

there's a brand new beat.

You can walk to the rhythm

of your own two feet.�

In San Francisco

you've got something to say.

And if you don't,

you can always say

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"�

The show became a metaphor for the extreme cultural shift of perspective that occurred at the time � as a reaction to the events that were taking place in America and around the world.� The show became a story about bigger ideas that are universal and timeless� and relevant to the world we live in today.

I want to find the seekers.

I'm not the only one.

There's no time now for sleeping.

Our journey's just begun.�

Open up your eyes,

there's something happening out there.

Can you feel the magic in the air?