Flying Over Sunset - 2021 Broadway History , Info & More
Vivian Beaumont Theatre (Broadway)
150 West 65th St. at Broadway New York, NY 10023
1950s Hollywood. You are at a beautiful beach house overlooking the Pacific with Cary Grant, Clare Boothe Luce and Aldous Huxley… and they are on an acid trip. Together.
That is the bold premise of FLYING OVER SUNSET, a new musical written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Falsettos). Join three extraordinary people as they take an exhilarating journey into the most colorful corners of the human psyche – delving into their private desires, hopes and secrets. Carmen Cusack (Bright Star), Harry Hadden-Paton (My Fair Lady) and Tony Yazbeck (On the Town) lead the cast in this brilliantly imagined story of revelation and connection.
FLYING OVER SUNSET features a gorgeous score written by Pulitzer Prize, Emmy® and Tony Award winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) and Tony nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens). Michelle Dorrance, the world-renowned dancer and MacArthur grant winner, makes her theatrical debut as the show’s choreographer. Don’t miss the next breathtakingly original musical from James Lapine – now in previews at Lincoln Center Theater!
Flying Over Sunset - 2021 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Flying Over Sunset
Flying Over Sunset Review: Cary Grant, Clare Boothe Luce and Aldous Huxley take LSD, not a hippie in sight.
7 / 10
There are certainly some highlights in 'Flying Over Sunset,' chief among them Tony Yazbeck's phenomenal dancing as Cary Grant, accompanied step by step by 14-year-old newcomer Atticus Ware as his younger self. The choreographer, Michelle Dorrance, was a star performer in Stomp, and we hear the influence. The rest of the cast is also first-rate. However, after sitting through the nearly three hours of this unique fusion of high-minded spiritual contemplation, gossipy biographical tidbits, subtle comedy and fabricated hallucinations all presented in song and dance, I was never completely persuaded that these three famous figures belong in the same musical; indeed, it seemed unlikely that they would have had anything to do with one another.
Broadway’s ‘Flying Over Sunset’ comes in for a crash landing
5 / 10
Long-winded and impossibly earnest, the world-premiere musical, which marked its official opening Monday night at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, features an unremarkable score by Tom Kitt and Michael Korie and a lumbering book by James Lapine, who also directs. Their account is of the unlikely if actual acquaintanceship of movie star Cary Grant with writers Clare Boothe Luce, Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard - and how they got together in Southern California in the mid-1950s to drop acid.
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Other Productions of Flying Over Sunset
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Flying Over Sunset - 2021 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King |
| 2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | 59 Productions |
| 2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Beowulf Boritt |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Carmen Cusack |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) | Bradley King |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Beowulf Boritt |
| 2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Video/Projection Design (Play or Musical) | 59 Productions |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Bradley King |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Tom Kitt |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Tom Kitt |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Carmen Cusack |
| 2022 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Beowulf Boritt |
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