Four members of The Go-Go's鈥擟harlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin鈥攚owed audiences at Broadway鈥檚 new musical Head Over Heels July 12 with a surprise curtain call performance. (The Go-Go鈥檚 fifth member, Gina Schock, was unable to perform while recovering from an injury.)
The Go-Go鈥檚 joined the cast of the musical, which features RuPaul's Drag Race star Peppermint, (), (Disaster!), (), Andrew Durand (), Taylor Iman Jones (), Bonnie Milligan (the national tour of ), and Tom Alan Robbins (). The quartet sang 鈥淥ur Lips Are Sealed鈥� and 鈥淗ead Over Heels.鈥�
The musical, currently in previews at the Hudson Theatre, officially opens July 26.
Head Over Heels鈥� score includes 18 hits by The Go Go鈥檚, including the two aforementioned tunes, 鈥淲e Got the Beat,鈥� 鈥淕et Up and Go,鈥� and 鈥淰acation,鈥� as well as Carlisle鈥檚 solo hits 鈥淢ad About You鈥� and 鈥淗eaven is a Place on Earth.鈥�
The new musical, directed by Michael Mayer, is based on The Arcadia by Philip Sidney and was originally conceived and written by Jeffy Whitty (Avenue Q) but has been adapted for this Broadway version by James Magruder. The production features choreography by Spencer Liff, orchestrations by Tom Kitt, musical direction by Kimberly Grigsby, scenic design by Julian Crouch, costume design by Arianne Phillips, lighting design by Kevin Adams, projection design by Andrew Lazarow, sound design by Kai Harada, hair and makeup design by Campbell Young and Associates, and casting by Jim Carnahan.
