At the same time, Link was on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns as the pot-smoking, troubled Tom Hughes.

The show was written in two weeks, and it first premiered in a showcase production at The Village Gate, financed by Courtney and Link.

Black got the musical moved to the Jan Hus Playhouse for its off-Broadway run, starting on September 24, 1969, and ending on April 19, 1970, after 239 performances.

Black convinced Link and Courtney to close the New York production for the summer, bring it to Los Angeles, and try to reopen it in the fall in a Broadway theatre.

The second was singer Ronnie Dyson (Hair), who recorded a single of "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?

The musicians, known as "Nobody Else", consisted of Eric Cohen (Drums), Dickie Franks (Electric Guitar), Charles Sullivan (Trumpet), John Buck Wilkin (Acoustic Guitar), Ronald Finck (Saxophone), Wayne Kirby (Bass), and Kirk Nurock (Piano).

Courtney (Monday), as well as Yolande Bavan (Ranee), Joe Morton (Mark), Boni Enten (Boo), Annie Rachel (Dierdre), Marta Heflin (Betty Lou), and Chapman Roberts (Leroy).