Bruce Geller

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.

1950年代後半。宇宙計画でソ連に遅れをとったアメリカは、マーキュリー計画を実現させるべく、急遽7人のパイロットを選出。新世界へと旅立つヒーローとして、彼らの前途は約束されてはいたが、ロケットも未完成の計画は無謀といえるものであった。その一方で、初めて音速の壁を破った伝説のテスト・パイロット=チャック・イエガーは、自らの手で大空へ挑戦し続けていた。