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| Rehearsals Begin Today for the Broadway Premiere of HEAD OVER HEELS | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:17 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| “A Surging Pulse, Raw Edge & Rebel Vibe” – San Francisco Chronicle “A Marriage of Power Pop and Pure Farce!” – Variety Rehearsals Begin today for Head Over Heels, A New Musical Featuring the Songs of Pop Icons The Go-Go’s Previews Begin Saturday, June 23, 2018 Opening at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre Thursday, July 26, 2018 The company of Head Over Heels, the new musical comedy featuring the iconic songs of The Go-Go’s – the most successful female rock band of all time – returns to the rehearsal studio today in preparation for the show’s Broadway premiere. Head Over Heels will officially open on Broadway at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street) on Thursday, July 26, 2018 (previews begin Saturday, June 23). In the kingdom of Arcadia, the “beat” is divine. But when an oracle’s prophecy of doom threatens its beloved beat, it propels the king and his royal family through a journey of mistaken identities, jealous lovers, secret rendezvouses and sexual awakening – where everything (and everyone) is not what it seems. Making their Broadway debut as songwriters, The Go-Go’s said, “Head Over Heels is a celebration of love in all its forms, joyful, fun and full of heart, driven by the songs that for decades have been making people jump from their seats and dance.” The Company The principal cast of Head Over Heels features Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening), Taylor Iman Jones (Groundhog Day), Jeremy Kushnier (Cirque du Soleil Paramour), Bonnie Milligan (Kinky Boots tour; Broadway debut), Peppermint (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”; Broadway debut; the first trans-woman actress to create a principal role on Broadway), Tom Alan Robbins (The Lion King, original cast), Alexandra Socha (Spring Awakening) and Rachel York (Disaster!). The Head Over Heels ensemble is Amber Ardolino (Hamilton), Sharon Catherine Brown (Dreamgirls), Yurel Echezarreta (Aladdin), Lisa Finegold (Rock of Ages), Brian Flores (Pippin tour; Broadway debut), Ari Groover (Holler If Ya Hear Me), Tanya Haglund (Chicago tour; Broadway debut), Arica Jackson (Waitress tour; Broadway debut), Gregory Liles (Broadway debut), Gavin Lodge (Annie), Samantha Pollino (Hot Feet), Justin Prescott (Cirque Du Soleil Paramour), Christine Shepard, Tanner Ray Wilson (Cats, 2017 revival) and Ricardo Zayas (Hamilton). The Go-Go’s The Go-Go’s (members Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin) have presided over an amazing three-decade reign as high pop priestesses. From their very first show, The Go-Go’s wrote and played their own songs, offering five feisty role models for a generation of ready-to-rock girls and guys. The internationally-loved pop hit makers helped cement the foundation of the early ‘80s pop-rock sound. Head Over Heels features 17 of The Go-Go’s iconic hit songs including “We Got the Beat,” “Get Up and Go,” “Cool Jerk,” “Vacation,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Lust to Love,” “Head Over Heels” and Belinda Carlisle’s solo hits “Mad About You” and “Heaven is a Place on Earth.” Creative Team From the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Next To Normal, American Idiot, Spring Awakening and Avenue Q, the Head Over Heels creative team is led by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer with musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner Tom Kitt and choreography by Emmy and Drama Desk nominee Spencer Liff. Head Over Heels was conceived and has an original book by Tony winner Jeff Whitty and is adapted by James Magruder. Head Over Heels is based upon The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney. The creative team also includes scenic and puppet design by Tony Award nominee Julian Crouch, costume design by Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Arianne Phillips, lighting design by four-time Tony Award winner Kevin Adams, sound design by Tony Award nominee Kai Harada and projection design by Andrew Lazarow. Casting by Jim Carnahan Casting. Kimberly Grigsby serves as Musical Director. Lisa Iacucci is Production Stage Manager. Producing Team The producing team is Rick Ferrari, Donovan Leitch, Christine Russell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Louise Gund, Hunter Arnold, Tom Kirdahy and Jordan Roth. Scott Sigman, the John Gore Organization, NETworks Presentations, Julie Boardman, Robert Kravis, Art Lab LLC, Vikram Chatwal, Carrie Clifford, Eric Cornell, Adam Gorgoni, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Mara Sandler, and the Van Horn Dorn Group are co-producers. 101 Productions, Ltd. serves as Executive Producer. Ticket Information Tickets are available via HudsonBroadway.com, by calling (855) 801-5876, or in-person at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street). Visit www.hudsonbroadway.com for full performance schedule. Ticket prices range from $69 to $169. Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more through Broadway Inbound by calling 866-302-0995, or online at www.broadwayinbound.com. Production History The world premiere of Head Over Heels took place at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Bill Rauch, Artistic Director; Cynthia Rider, Executive Director) and was developed with the support of New York Stage and Film and Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, summer 2016. Online & Social Handles Online: www.HeadOverHeelsTheMusical.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HOHmusical Twitter: @HOHMusical | Instagram: @HOHMusical | #HeadOverHeels Broadway’s Hudson Theatre Hudson Theatre, the oldest and newest theatre on Broadway, originally opened in 1903 by Henry B. Harris with a production of Cousin Kate, starring Ethel Barrymore. After 114 years, the landmark venue was restored to its former glory as a Broadway playhouse by Ambassador Theatre Group (in association with Millennium Hotels and Resorts) and it re-opened in February 2017 with Sunday in the Park with George as the 41st Broadway venue. |
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| So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:19 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: Rehearsals Begin Today for the Broadway Premiere of HEAD OVER HEELS - Official_Press_Release 06:17 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| Mad World. | |
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| re: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? | |
| Posted by: MikeR 01:48 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? - MockingbirdGirl 06:19 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| Literally every time I see this title, even though I know it's Go-Gos music, the Tears for Fears song starts going through my head. Every. Damn. Time. | |
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| re: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:55 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? - MikeR 01:48 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
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| Though, what's going through my head at the moment is another Tears For Fears song, to which I'm putting the lyrics "Ev---REEE----bo----dy wants to write a show..." ;-) | |
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| Good lord, we all so conditioned... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 02:16 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? - Chromolume 01:55 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
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| Like Pavlov's dog, but with song titles and lyrics and snippets of music. I thought the same damn thing. Laura, weirdly salivating (though that might be Harry's lunch cooking) and suffering ear worms |
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| re: Good lord, we all so conditioned... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:46 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: Good lord, we all so conditioned... - showtunetrivia 02:16 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
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| Ha! ;-) And in the same vein as "I Love Cecile," I remember calling that Tears For Fears song "Everybody Wants To Rule The (wuh)" - because that last note kinda gets lost in the mix (still sounds that way to me, lol). |
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| DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS (NM) | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (TABULA-RASA@VERIZON.NET) 06:32 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: So no one else thought this might be a Tears for Fears musical? - MockingbirdGirl 06:19 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| SETH, CAPS NECESSARY | |
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| they Need as many ideas as possible. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 11:06 am EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 06:32 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| The show is crap. I hated Greek theme with Elizabethan costumes. I understand that it is based on an Elizabethan play, but you already took it out of the time period with the music. The plot is just simple and stupid and most jokes bomb. Nice to hear some of the songs and an A for effort in not making another juke box band story, but this is no mamma Mia. | |
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| re: they Need as many ideas as possible. | |
| Posted by: MikeR 01:51 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: they Need as many ideas as possible. - dramedy 11:06 am EDT 06/05/18 | |
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| You're the only person I know of who saw this in SF and hated it. All of my friends who saw it (many of whom are very discerning, experienced theatergoers) raved. I didn't see it, and I'm wary of jukebox musicals in general, but it was hard to ignore how much love this was getting from my friends. Of course, I really hate Mamma Mia, so "this is no Mamma Mia" is a huge selling point for me. |
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| re: they Need as many ideas as possible. | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:25 pm EDT 06/05/18 | |
| In reply to: they Need as many ideas as possible. - dramedy 11:06 am EDT 06/05/18 | |
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| I really want them to have a character named Cecile. Because when "Our Lips Are Sealed" first came out when I was in high school, I really did think the title lyric was "I love Cecile." ;-) I understand that it is based on an Elizabethan play, but you already took it out of the time period with the music. I do want to debate you on this, though. A good many shows have scores that don't match the actual time period of the show. Many of them are classics we revere. We may tend not to think about it so much because if a show has a "classic musical theatre"-sounding score, we accept that as part of the genre and don't really question it. You may be more "thrown" by the disparity of the 80's rock sound with the Elizabethan setting lol, but what about the Webber/Rice shows in that same regard? After all, Israel in 4BC had no electric guitars, let alone mass communication. Nor were they around in those Canaan days. And Eva Peron's contemporaries wouldn't have recognized the musical sound world Webber put them in. But we don't really complain about those disparities - in fact, we tend to embrace them. But then, neither does Oklahoma! sound at all like the turn of the century rural music that would truly match the story's time and place. Even though Rodgers tried to add in some country-ish pastiche here and there. It's very much a continuation of the more cultured European-based operetta/musical theatre sound (with a bit of vaudeville for comic touch) that had been developing since the 1920's - certainly not anachronistic to musicals of the time, but quite anachronistic to the actual setting. But we never complain... (nor should we, of course.) And in terms of Elizbethan era - what about all the musicals and operas based on Shakesperare plays that don't sound the slightest bit "period"? Even if we accept a more "classical" sound (in both opera and musicals) as a given, the sound is still quite anachronistic. Let alone the rock/salsa world of Two Gentleman Of Verona or Ades' very 21st century score for The Tempest. So, by all means, dislike the Go-Go's show on its own terms. But don't blame it for something that's actually a very normal aspect of musicals. ;-) |
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