Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Saturn Theater is preparing for big New Year 's Eve concert under direction of owner and master showman Max Wolfe, Fact2: Max Wolfe holds 30-year lease to theater, Fact3: Beverly offers to buy Max out of lease, Fact4: Max stands to inherit theater from uncle, Fact5: Sammy get Max 's signature on agreement to transfer Saturn 's lease before midnight
Output (English): It is December 31, 1982, and the Saturn Theater is preparing for its big New Years Eve concert under the direction of owner and master showman Max Wolfe Allen Garfield, credited as Allen Goorwitz, who has operated the Saturn since 1968. Assisting Max are stage manager Neil Allen Daniel Stern, and visiting former stage manager Willy Loman Gail Edwards. Also caught up in the wild activity is beleaguered stagehand Joey Dan Frischman, temperamental lighting director Violetta Mary Woronov, and Neils younger sister Susie Stacey Nelkin. Max Wolfe holds a 30year lease to the theater, but reptilian concert promoter Colin Beverly Ed Begley, Jr. has other ideas. Beverly offers to buy Max out of his lease with what seems to be a generous deal at Beverlys concert auditorium and stadium, but Max refuses, ultimately becoming so incensed that he collapses of an apparent heart attack. Outside, Maxs ingratiating nephew Sammy Miles Chapin informs Beverly that he stands to inherit the theater from his uncle, and Beverly offers Sammy the same deal he offered Max—if Sammy can get Maxs signature on an agreement to transfer the Saturns lease before midnight. The various performers for the show are introduced: King Blues opens the show, performing two of his own hit songs, The Blues Had a Baby and They Named it Rock and Roll by Muddy Waters and Hoochie Coochie Man by Willie Dixon. Next the Nada Band take the stage and perform Im Not Going to Take It No More. Piggy leads the band in a viciously punkrock version of Hoochie Coochie Man, complete with stage dives and slam dancing. Reggie sings a celebration of egotism, Hot Shot, then moves on to his own version of Hoochie Coochie Man. As the show proceeds, Sammy tries to find ways to sabotage the theater, including fueling a fire in the basement and cutting the fire hose. Colin Beverlys henchmen, Mark and Marv former teen heartthrobs Bobby Sherman and Fabian, give Sammy a bomb, which he plants in the rocket ship that Max will ride during the final countdown to midnight. Willy overhears Mark and Marv talking about the bomb, and is captured by them and locked in the trunk of Colin Beverlys limousine. She escapes when the limo collides with Audens taxicab, and runs back toward the theater. Only moments before midnight, Willy reaches the theater and tells Neil about the bomb. As the seconds tick away, the bomb is thrown from person to person out of the building, landing in Colin Beverlys limo just as it pulls up to the curb. The last second ticks away, the bomb explodes, everyone shouts happy new year, and Captain Cloud leads the crowd in Auld Lang Syne. Quickly after, the crowd and bands exit the theater, just as Auden finally walks in. Max gives Neil the lease to the theater, saying he intends to retire. Neil offers partnership to Willy. The end credits roll while Auden sings Little Sister to the sole remaining patron, Susie. The final caption reads, Thanks for the memories to the entire staff of the Fillmore East 1968–71.