to raise money, performing the songs to potential backers as part of their pitch. Waite managed to persuade Andy Warhol to come on board as producer. Warhol's manager and film-making collaborator Paul Morrissey signed on as director of the production, which was then renamed Man on the Moon. Rehearsals took place at Andy Warhol's Factory. Morrissey, concerned about the script, hired Michael O'Donoghue to rewrite much of the dialogue, though these revisions were ultimately not used. Musical numbers Scene 1 – EARTH "Prologue" – Dr Bomb "Boys from the South" – Ernie "Midnight Deadline Blastoff" – Ernie "Mission Control" – Dr. Bomb, Ernie, Leroy, President, Miss America "Speed of Light" – Ernie, Leroy Scene 2 – CANIS MINOR "Though I'm a Little Angel" – Angel "Girls" – King Can, Venus, Angel "Canis Minor Bolero Waltz" – Angel "Starburst" – Angel "Penthouse of Your Mind" – King Can "Champagne and Kisses" – Venus "Star Stepping Stranger/Convent" – Ernie, Angel "My Name Is Can" – King Can "American Man on the Moon" – Angel Scene 3 – THE MOON "Welcome to the Moon" – Company "Sunny, Sunny Moon" – Venus, Dr. Bomb "Love is Coming Back" – Angel, Ernie "Truth Cannot Be Treason" – Leroy "Place in Space" – Ernie, Angel Scene 4 – EARTH "Family of Man" – Dr. Bomb "Yesterday I Left the Earth" – Company "Stepping to the Stars" – Company Phillips recorded demo versions of many of these songs, which were issued for the first time on a 2009 CD entitled Andy Warhol Presents Man on the Moon. Some were also recorded by Geneviève Waïte for her 1974 album Romance Is on the Rise (namely, "Girls", "American Man on the Moon" and "Love is Coming Back". Versions of "Star Stepping Stranger", "Penthouse of Your Mind" and "Yesterday I Left the Earth" appear on the 2007 CD Jack of Diamonds. Characters and original cast Dr. Bomb – Harlan S Foss Ernie Hardy – Eric Lang Leroy (Little Red Box) – Mark Lawhead President and King Can – Denny Doherty (as Dennis Doherty) Angel – Geneviève Waïte Venus – Monique van Vooren Celestial Choir Mercury and Miss America – Brenda Bergman Mars – John Patrick Sundine Neptune – Jennifer Elder Pluto – E. Lynn Nickerson Saturn – Jeanette Chastonay The original cast (and preview performances) featured Denny Doherty as Dr. Bomb and John Phillips as King Can. Two weeks before