Tears of Heaven (musical) explained

Tears of Heaven
Subtitle:	A New Musical
Music:	Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics:	Robin Lerner
Productions:	2011 Seoul

Tears from Heaven is a musical with a book by Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Robin Lerner, and music by Frank Wildhorn.^[1] It is set during the Vietnam War.

Plot

Vietnam, 1968: A love triangle between a beautiful Vietnamese singer, a Korean private, and an American Colonel set against the backdrop of the days leading up to and during the Tet Offensive. The tale follows our leads to Seoul, Korea, and San Francisco's Chinatown.^[2]

Songs

• Between Heaven and Earth
• Shadows On My Heart
• Pearl of The East
• The First Time I Saw Paris
• The Tiger and The Dove
• Who Can You Trust
• Morning Comes
• I've Never Loved Like This
• Can You Hear Me?

• I've Had To Learn
• The End of The World
• Tears From Heaven
• Moving On
• Raining Fire
• Without Her
• Sweet Song of Life
• This Is My Confession
• Tiger and The Dove Finale^[3]

Production

The musical had a reading in September 2009 in New York, featuring Deborah Lew, Paolo Montalban and John Cudia, and direction by Gabriel Barre.^[4]

An English language concept recording was released on Global Vision Records, featuring Linda Eder, Rob Evan and Christiane Noll.^{[5] [1]}

The musical premiered in South Korea in 2011 at the National Theater in Seoul. Directed by Gabriel Barre, the cast featured Junsu and Brad Little.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Hetrick, Adam. "Frank Wildhorn's Tears of Heaven Album, With Linda Eder, Morgan James and Rob Evan, Released in U.S." playbill.com, November 3, 2011
2. Web site: Projects . frankwildhorn.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20220102123753/http://www.frankwildhorn.com/projects/Projects.php . January 2, 2022.
3. https://www.allmusic.com/composition/tears-of-heaven-musical-play-mc0002701109 "Tears of Heaven, musical play"
4. Gans, Andrew. "Reading of Wildhorn Musical Tears of Heaven, with Lew, Montalban, Cudia, Offered Sept. 11" playbill.com, September 11, 2009
5. Lester, Rob. "Sound Advice Reviews" talkinbroadway.com, December 29, 2011
6. Diamond, Robert. "Scenes from Frank Wildhorn's TEARS OF HEAVEN in Korea" broadwayworld.com, February 23, 2011