EXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s Beetlejuice actor Sophia Anne Caruso will star in Duncan Sheik‘s upcoming stage musical adaptation of the classic Manga graphic novel Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, producers announced today.
The musical, to be directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford, will premiere at a new Off Broadway venue in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood (at the former home of the long-running immersive production Sleep No More) to be called The Night Egg at the Culture Club (named after a club in Moyoco Anno’s graphic novel). Memoirs will begin performances on Friday, September 25 with and opening night set for Thursday, October 15. The play runs through Sunday, January 3, 2027.
The casting was announced today by producers Kenny Kurokawa, Rayman and Antonio Marion.
Caruso first gained recognition for originating the role of Lydia Deetz in Broadway’s Beetlejuice. She also appeared on Broadway in Grey House and Off Broadway and London in David Bowie’s Lazarus. Other stage credits include The Nether Off Broadway, and on screen she starred in Netflix’s The School for Good and Evil alongside Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington.
Also announced today, the creative team will include three-time Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), eight-time Tony Award winner Catherine Zuber (costume design), Brian Tovar (lighting design), Tony Award winner Cody Spencer (sound design) and Tom Watson (hair & wig design.
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen tells the story of Colette (Caruso), a witty young dreamer in 20th-century Paris, who finds her power through writing. Per the synopsis, “While working at an elusive maison close called Night Egg, she begins chronicling the fantasies, confessions, and private sorrows of her eccentric clients, slowly transforming herself from object to observer – turning perversions into art. But underneath her sharp intelligence and growing independence, Colette has her own perversion she cannot outrun: a lingering, destructive attachment to Léon, her childhood love, whose toxic hold on her continues to blur the line between devotion and self-destruction.”
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is the first Manga to be developed into an American musical in the English language. The new musical will feature a book by Leah Nanako Winkler and music supervision, vocal, and incidental music arrangements by Or Matias. Sheik writes the music and lyrics.
Producers are Kenny Kurokawa, Rayman, and Antonio Marion, with executive producers Nobu Matsukura and Shin Yamada, and associate producers Yu Anne Ando, Mika Furuya, Ryohei Otani, and Yumi.
Caruso is repped by Magnolia Entertainment, Innovative Artists and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman.
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