A new musical from James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie inspired by the lives of three extraordinary people who experimented with LSD.
Show InformationPreview: November 11, 2021
Opening: December15, 2021
Duration:FLYING OVER SUNSET PLAYED ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON JANUARY 16
Group InformationGroup Minimum: 12
CAST
Claire Boothe Luce: Carmen Cusack
Cary Grant: Tony Yazbeck
Aldous Huxley: Harry Hadden-Paton
CREATIVE STAFF
Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Michael Korie
Book and Direction: James Lapine
Set Designer: Beowulf Boritt
Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Designer: Bradley King
Sound Designer: Dan Moses Schreier
Projection Designer: Jeff Sugg
Orchestrations: Michael Starobin
Musical Director: Kimberly Grigsby
SYNOPSIS
Set in the 1950’s, Flying Over Sunset is a work of fiction inspired by the lives of three extraordinary and accomplished people—writer Aldous Huxley; playwright, diplomat, and congresswoman, Clare Booth Luce; and film legend Cary Grant—each of whom in real life experimented with the drug LSD. At a crossroads in their lives the three come together, and under the influence of the drug, take a trip and confront the mysteries of their lives and their world.
The musical features a book and direction by Lapine (Falsettos, Sunday in the Park With George), music by Kitt (Next to Normal, If/Then), and lyrics by Korie (War Paint, Grey Gardens). Michelle Dorrance, founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance, will make her theatrical debut as choreographer.