Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen
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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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Manga meets musical theater in Chelsea, and honestly, we're here for it. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen takes Moyoco Anno's beloved graphic novel and turns it into what may be the first manga ever adapted into an English-language American musical — a real NYC first. Tony and Grammy winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) writes the music and lyrics, Rob Ashford directs and choreographs, and rising star Sophia Anne Caruso leads as Colette, a young writer scribbling down the secrets, confessions, and heartbreaks of a Belle Époque Parisian house of pleasure.
Expect swoony ballads, a whole lot of longing, and the kind of gorgeous, slightly scandalous storytelling that makes Off-Broadway worth the trip downtown. It plays The Night Egg at the Culture Club on West 27th Street, with previews starting September 25, opening night October 15, and a run through early January. If you like your musicals lush, literary, and just a little bit naughty, put this one on the calendar.
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