New Duncan Sheik musical will receive private reading this month

FIRST IN THE BRIEFING: Kenny Kurokawa, Takeshi Tanaka and Executive Producer AntonioMarion have announced that Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, a new musical based on the Manga graphic novel Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno, is in development. With music & lyrics by Duncan Sheik, Memoirs will be presented at a private invite & industry-only presentation on February 20 and February 21 at Gibney Dance. The new musical will feature a book by Leah Nananko Winkler, music direction, conducting, and vocal and incidental music arrangement by Or Matias, and direction & choreography by Rob Ashford.

Always interesting to see someone adapting a manga that isn't all that well known in the West.

I know it's not that unusual and there can be a thousand reasons both ways but when they announced the cast it was almost no one from the reading. Obviously creatives can want to go different ways and performers can turn down offers for a thousand reasons but I always wonder about this from the leads to the ensemble members.

It’s opening next month in the space formerly known as the McKittrick, yes?

Anyone planning to see this?

I’ll be there Monday and really looking forward to it. It’s a very Duncan Sheik autumn.