Your Own Thing
| Your Own Thing | |
|---|---|
Original Off-Broadway poster | |
| Music | Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar |
| Lyrics | Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar |
| Book | Donald Driver |
| Basis | Shakespeare's Twelfth Night |
| Productions | 1968 Off-Broadway 1969 West End 1969 Australia |
Your Own Thing is a rock-styled musical comedy loosely based on Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. It premiered off-Broadway in early 1968. The music and lyrics are by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar with the book adaptation by Donald Driver, who also directed the original production. Dorothy Love was the show's producer. The show was a success, running for 937 performances Off-Broadway and then touring and playing in London and Australia.