song writer ▁Bla em ire ▁( who ▁recently ▁appeared ▁on ▁Broadway ▁in ▁Cry - B aby ) ▁approached ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁friend , ▁Gard iner ▁( both ▁grew ▁up ▁near ▁Washington , ▁D . C .), ▁also ▁an ▁actor , ▁with ▁an ▁idea ▁for ▁an ▁original ▁new ▁musical , ▁who ▁joined ▁in ▁the ▁project ▁after ▁hearing ▁Bla em ire ' s ▁song ▁" Open ▁Road ". ▁ ▁After ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁show ▁for ▁about ▁two ▁years , ▁the ▁two ▁brought ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁Eric ▁Sch a ef fer , ▁the ▁Art istic ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Sign ature ▁Theatre , ▁who ▁agreed ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁musical . ▁ ▁Like ▁several ▁recent ▁Broadway ▁musical s , ▁the ▁show ▁is ▁performed ▁in ▁one ▁act ▁of ▁ 9 0 ▁minutes . ▁ ▁Peter ▁Mark s , ▁in ▁his ▁Washington ▁Post ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁Sign ature ▁Theatre ▁production , ▁wrote ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁" f resh ▁and ▁v iva cious ▁one - act ▁musical ... ▁real ▁and ▁surprising ly ▁moving .... ▁ ▁The ▁bu oy ant ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁tal ented ▁young ▁team ..., ▁Gl ory ▁Days ▁swift ly , ▁t une fully ▁and ▁yes , ▁auth ent ically ▁l atch es ▁onto ▁the ▁rh yth ms ▁of ▁late ▁ad oles c ence ▁and ▁plays ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁us ▁as ▁the ▁music ▁of ▁w rench ing ▁trans itions ." ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁ ▁Four ▁high ▁school ▁friends ▁meet ▁one ▁night , ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁gradu ation , ▁on ▁the ▁high ▁school ▁football ▁field ' s ▁ble ach