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.