[1][2] Goggin began composing both music and lyrics for revues satirizing current events, trends, and personalities.
He later composed incidental music for the short-lived 1976 Broadway production Legend, starring Elizabeth Ashley and F. Murray Abraham, which closed after five performances.
Goggin's early life experiences, including schooling by the Marywood Dominican Sisters and his days as a seminarian, influenced him to create his greatest success.
A line of greeting cards featuring a nun offering tart quips caught on so quickly that Goggin decided to expand the concept into a cabaret show called The Nunsense Story, which opened for a four-day run at Manhattan's Duplex and remained for 38 weeks, encouraging him to expand the show into a full-length theater production.
[1] Goggin also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for A One-Way Ticket To Broadway and Balancing Act.