<P> An Officer and a Gentleman, The Musical is a stage musical based on the original movie, written by Douglas Day Stewart . It had its world premiere May 18, 2012 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney, Australia . The musical closed six weeks later on July 1 . </P> <P> It was co-produced by John Frost and Sharleen Cooper Cohen . The book was written by Douglas Day Stewart and Sharleen Cooper Cohen and the score was written by Ken Hirsch and Robin Lerner . It was directed by Simon Phillips . It starred Ben Mingay as Zack Mayo and Amanda Harrison as Paula Pokrifki . </P> <P> A new version of the musical will make its premiere at Curve in Leicester, England in April 2018 before touring the UK . It will be directed by Nikolai Foster and use songs from the film's soundtrack such as "Up Where We Belong", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Toy Soldiers", "Alone", "Don't Cry Outloud" and "Material Girl", opposed to the musical's original score by Hirsch and Lerner . </P> <P> The Sydney production received mixed reviews . In response to a highly negative review in The Australian, calling the show a "bloodless facsimile" of the film, author Stewart published a rebuttal defending the production and attacking the critics for their "eclectic, overly intellectual point of view". When the show's closing was announced, producer John Frost told a reporter that an American tour was still a possibility, after revisions were made to the show . </P>

Songs from the musical an officer and a gentleman