Book by Todd Mueller and Hank Boland
Music and lyrics by Gregg Opelka
"Soup du Jour is the recipe for old-fashioned gaiety! It's all about laughing, about toe-tapping tunes and witty lyrics." -www.chicagocritic.com
There's a mystery at Bailey's Restaurant, one of Gotham's top dining establishments, and it's up to Katharine Hawks, the Herald's Pulitzer Prize-winning ace reporter, to solve it! The story opens with J.P. Thompson, editor of the struggling New York Herald newspaper, desperately searching for a way to increase circulation. Across town, Stewart Bailey is simultaneously mourning the death of his father and preparing for his imminent wedding ...Read More
Book by Todd Mueller and Hank Boland
Music and lyrics by Gregg Opelka
"Soup du Jour is the recipe for old-fashioned gaiety! It's all about laughing, about toe-tapping tunes and witty lyrics." -www.chicagocritic.com
There's a mystery at Bailey's Restaurant, one of Gotham's top dining establishments, and it's up to Katharine Hawks, the Herald's Pulitzer Prize-winning ace reporter, to solve it! The story opens with J.P. Thompson, editor of the struggling New York Herald newspaper, desperately searching for a way to increase circulation. Across town, Stewart Bailey is simultaneously mourning the death of his father and preparing for his imminent wedding to socialite golddigger Tiffany Vandervanden. Steward has just inherited his father's restaurant, the success of which was built on its famous soup du jour. There's only one catch: Stewart's father took the recipe with him to the grave, and Stewart-along with everyone else in the story- winds up searching wildly for the missing recipe. Editor Thompson decides he, too, must have the secret recipe to solve his paper's circulation problems. Enter Katharine Hawks to save the day. Sent undercover as a waitress to Bailey's Restaurant to find the recipe to the famed soup, Katharine winds up losing her heart to Stewart Bailey. Once she learns Stewart has lost the recipe, Katharine is in a real dilemma: Career or love? Publish this incredible scoop and she'll destroy the restaurant of the man she loves. Winning songs, lightning-fast dialogue in the Tracy-Hepburn tradition, and a great plot are the delicious ingredients of this delightful tribute to 1930s screwball comedies.
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