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Flying Over Sunset Cast & Creative

A new musical from James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie inspired by the lives of three extraordinary people who experimented with LSD.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jan. 16, 2022.

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About Flying Over Sunset

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!

Cast

Clare Boothe Luce
Cary Grant
Gerald Heard
Rosalia/Sophia
Dr. Harris/Cary's Father
Austin/Handmaiden
Maria Huxley
Archie Leach

Creative

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
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