![]() ![]() For a show with such bold ambitions and esteemed creators, including Next to Normal composer Tom Kitt and Grey Gardens lyricist Maichal Korie, the result is rather conventional, although there are echoes of Stephen Sondheim in the songs, which range from the playful to the philosophical. ![]() Who knew that taking LSD could lead to spontaneous singing and dancing? The outré plot of the new Broadway musical Flying Over Sunset, which opened at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on Monday night, centres on three characters who use the psychedelic drug to confront their demons and find enlightenment.Īnd not just any three people, but a trio of huge names from the mid-20th century: Cary Grant, Brave New World author Aldous Huxley and American writer and politician Clare Boothe Luce, all of whom spoke publicly about taking LSD.īut what if they had experimented with the drug together? That’s the fictional premise that James Lapine, the musical’s book writer and director, explores in the second act, when all three gather at Luce’s residence in Malibu, California, in the 1950s after taking individual trips in Act I. ![]()
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