HEAD OVER HEELS returns to New Line's stage after being shut down early by the pandemic in 2020. The New Liners promised the show would be back, and it is, March 3-26!
HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q, and Spring Awakening. Conceived by
Jeff Whitty, with an original book by Whitty, adapted by
James Magruder, originally directed by
Michael Mayer, and set to the music of the iconic 1980s all-girl rock band The Go-Go's, this high-octane, laugh-out-loud love story includes hit songs like, "We Got the Beat," "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Vacation," "Heaven is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You."
The wild story follows the escapades of a royal family who set out on a journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction, only to discover the key to their realm's survival lies within each of their own hearts -- though not always in the way they expect -- and in their willingness to let go of rigid tradition and change with the times.
With band and vocal arrangements by Broadway composer
Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, If/Then, High Fidelity), and
eleven amazing dance numbers, choreographed by New Liners
Michelle Sauer and
Sara Rae Womack, this is the heaviest dance show New Line has produced since Chicago in 2002.
Head Over Heels originally premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015, then opened on Broadway in 2018. The show was nominated for Best Musical by the Drama League and the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Almost all of New Line's 2020 cast returns, including Grace Langford (Princess Pamela), Melissa Felps (Princess Philoclea),
Clayton Humburg (Musidorus), Dawn Schmid (Mopsa),
Zachary Allen Farmer (King Basilius), Carrie Priesmeyer (Queen Gynecia),
Colin Dowd (Dametas), Tiélere Cheatem (Pythio),
Kevin Corpuz,
Evan Fornachon,
Chris Kernan, Chris Moore, Maggie Nold,
Michelle Sauer,
Alyssa Wolf, and
Sara Rae Womack. (Only Dawn Schmid and
Colin Dowd are new to the production.)
The New Line production is directed by
Scott Miller, with music direction by Alerica Anderson, choreography by
Michelle Sauer and
Sara Rae Womack, scenic design by
Rob Lippert, costume design by Courtney Gibson and
Sarah Porter, lighting design by
Kenneth Zinkl, and sound design by Ryan Day.
Head Over Heels contains adult content. Produced by arrangement with Broadway Licensing, New York.
For other information, visit New Line Theatre's full-service website at www.newlinetheatre.com.
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