American Music Theater Festival held in the Plays and Players theater, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA on April 26. It ran there until May 6, followed on that closing night by an invitation-only reception attended by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg and other members of the company was held nearby. The Australasian premiere was given on April 17, 2003 at the Mount Nelson Theatre (Hobart, Tasmania) by the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, conducted by Douglas Knehans and directed by Robert Jarman. Songs Part one "Song No. 1 from Iron Horse" "Song No. 2 Jahweh and Allah Battle" "Song No. 3 from Iron Horse" "Song No. 4 To P. O." "Song No. 5 from Crossing Nation; Over Denver Again; Going to Chicago and To Poe: Over the Planet, Air Albany-Baltimore" "Song #6 from Wichita Vortex Sutra Part two "Song No. 7 from Howl" "Song No. 8 from Cabin in the Rockies" "Song No. 9 from Nagasaki Days (Numbers in Red Notebook)" "Song No. 10 Aunt Rose" "Song No. 11 from The Green Automobile" "Song No. 12 from N. S. A. Dope Calypso" "Song No. 13 from Nagasaki Days (Everybody's Fantasy)" "Song No. 14 Ayers Rock/Uluru Song and "Throw out the Yellow Journalists..."" "Song No. 15 Father Death Blues (from Don't Grow Old)" Personnel World Premiere (Spoleto festivals) Martin Goldray – conductor Philip Glass – piano Phillip Bush – keyboards Alan Johnson – keyboards Nelson Padgett – keyboards Jack Kripl – winds Rex Benicasa & James Pugliese- percussion Richard Peck Jr- winds Suzan Hanson – soprano Darynn Zimmer – soprano Linda Thompson – mezzo-soprano Richard Fracker – tenor Thomas N. Potter – baritone James Butler – bass Allen Ginsberg – narrator Jerome Sirlin – production design Recording Martin Goldray – keyboards, conductor Philip Glass – piano Carol Wincenc – flute Andrew Sterman – soprano saxophone, bass clarinet Frank Cassara & James Pugliese- percussion Richard Peck – tenor saxophone Elizabeth Futral – soprano Michele Eaton – soprano Mary Ann Hart – mezzo-soprano Richard Fracker – tenor Gregory Purnhagen – baritone Nathaniel Watson – baritone Allen Ginsberg – narrator Jerome Sirlin – production design In popular culture Stephen Colbert met his wife, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, at the premiere of Hydrogen Jukebox at the Spoleto Music Festival in 1990. While interviewing Josh Brolin during an episode of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert originally telecast April 15, 2022, Colbert admitted that when Evelyn asked for his