▁Sch o en feld ▁and ▁Bar ri ▁Mc Ph erson . ▁Brook lyn ▁the ▁Musical ▁was ▁acquired ▁for ▁lic ens ing ▁by ▁Broadway ▁Lic ens ing ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁Using ▁the ▁play ▁within ▁a ▁play ▁structure , ▁Brook lyn ▁focus es ▁on ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁five ▁rag tag ▁hom eless ▁mus icians ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁City ▁We eds . ▁The ▁group ▁period ically ▁transform s ▁a ▁street ▁corner ▁under ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁Bridge ▁into ▁a ▁stage ▁where ▁they ▁present ▁their ▁play ▁about ▁a ▁Paris ian ▁singer ▁Brook lyn , ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁bor ough ▁from ▁which ▁her ▁way ward ▁father ▁Taylor ▁ha iled . ▁Or phan ed ▁when ▁her ▁de pressed ▁mother ▁Fa ith ▁hang s ▁herself , ▁the ▁girl ▁in ▁quick ▁succession ▁is ▁sent ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁convent ▁where ▁she ▁disco vers ▁her ▁vocal ▁tal ents , ▁becomes ▁a ▁star , ▁performs ▁at ▁Car neg ie ▁Hall , ▁sets ▁out ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁her ▁father ▁( who ▁she ▁disco vers ▁is ▁a ▁drug - add icted ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁v et ), ▁and ▁eng ages ▁in ▁a ▁competition ▁with ▁local ▁div a ▁Parad ice ▁at ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁original ▁Broadway ▁sou venir ▁program : ▁ ▁Once ▁upon ▁a ▁time , ▁a ▁famous ▁young ▁Paris ian ▁came ▁to ▁America ▁to ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁Father ▁she ▁never ▁knew . ▁Her ▁only ▁clue , ▁her ▁name ... ▁Brook lyn . ▁The ▁" Re ign ing ▁D iva ▁of ▁the ▁Dec ade ", ▁M s