Head Over Heels
Shows · Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels is a jukebox musical comedy with music and lyrics from the catalog of The Go-Go's and its lead singer and most successful solo artist, Belinda Carlisle. Jeff Whitty conceived the show and wrote the original book, which was then adapted by James Magruder after Whitty left the show due to conflict with incoming director Michael Mayer.
- Opened
- 2018
- Performances
- 188
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Contemporary
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1918 | George M Cohans Theatre Original. August 29, 1918 · George Marion · predates this show | 100 performances |
| 2018 | Hudson Theatre Revival. July 26, 2018 · Michael Mayer | 188 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 4 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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12 passages naming Head Over Heels, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
'Let Us Build A Little Nest’ (lyric by Kern and Hobart)—see HEAD OVER HEELS [August 29, 1918] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p46
Her wish came true in Head Over Heels (2018). Even when acknowledging that the Broadway Body could include a diverse array of body types, bodies that do not conform to the ideal are still positioned in opposition to it. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p30
Head over Heels (2018), which featured Bonnie Milligan as Princess Pamela in a fairy-tale-esque take on the jukebox musical. During the show’s brief run, Milligan tweeted, “We are serving amazing body positivity at @HOHmusical, where I get to play the most beautifull girl in the land, who has a love story, and nothi… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p126
These musicals stand out because they challenge Broadway’s bias toward normativity even as they reinforce it. Casting is Broadway’s process that enforces de jure size discrimination. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p127
Head Over Heels (2018) included the non-binary character of the oracle, Pythio. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p166
Peppermint made history as Broadway’s first out transgender woman performer to originate a role in a musical. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p186
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