More Than You Deserve

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More Than You Deserve was a musical written by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller, produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Kim Friedman. It opened at The Public Theater on November 21, 1973, ran for 63 performances and closed on January 13, 1974.

Members of the original cast included Seth Allen, Stephen Collins, Kimberly Farr, Leata Galloway, Fred Gwynne and Meat Loaf.

The story is set in a U.S. army base in Vietnam. Major Michael Dillon (Gwynne) falls in love with a reporter, but the reporter turns out to be a nymphomaniac and the major is impotent.

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Steinman and Meat Loaf first met during the production and would go on to make the multi-platinum album, Bat Out of Hell.