The Curve Theatre production of Lourds Lane's SuperYou musical officially opens at the Leicester venue October 29 following previews that began October 22. Performances continue through November 9. Get a first look at the production in the gallery below.
With a book, music, and lyrics by Lane, the musical played two sold-out Carnegie Hall concerts in 2022 and a concert at the Lyric Theatre in the West End in November 2023. The musical follows the journey of a woman who reconnects with her dreams when her superheroine creations come to life.
Vicki Manser, who has played every Queen in Six the Musical, stars as Katie, joined by composer Lane as Rise, Aaliyah Monk (School of Rock) as Young Katie and Lightning Girl, Will Bozier (Moulin Rouge) as Mi Roar, Kingsley Morton (Heathers) as Ima-Mazing, Courtney Stapleton (Beauty and The Beast) as Blast, B. Noel Thomas (Sister Act) as Seven, Damien Walsh (Dreamboats And Petticoats) as Jay, Owen Lloyd (Clueless The Musical) as Matty, and Belinda Lee Chapman (Nutcracker!) as Mom, with Lu Anthony (Trapped Between Stories) as SuperYouman and cover Seven, Elizabeth Chalmers (A New World) as cover Katie and Young Katie, Ellen Eckersley (Snow White) as Alternate Rise, Jacob Fisher (Singin’ in The Rain) as SuperYouman and cover Mi Roar, Jay, and Matty, Bayley Hart (Greatest Days) as SuperYouman and cover Ima-Mazing and Blast, and Catherine Saunders (Swan Lake) as SuperYouman and cover Mom.
Company of SuperYou
Company of SuperYou
Company of SuperYou
Owen Lloyd and Aaliyah Monk in SuperYou
Will Bozier, Aaliyah Monk, and Vicki Manser in SuperYou
Vicki Manser and Will Bozier in SuperYou
Vicki Manser in SuperYou
Vicki Manser and Damien Walsh in SuperYou
Vicki Manser and Damien Walsh in SuperYou
Vicki Manser and Damien Walsh in SuperYou
Vicki Manser in SuperYou
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B. Noel Thomas in SuperYou
Company of SuperYou
Company of SuperYou
Owen Lloyd and Aaliyah Monk in SuperYou
Lu Anthony and Aaliyah Monk in SuperYou
Lourds Lane in SuperYou
Kingsley Morton in SuperYou
Damien Walsh and Vicki Manser in SuperYou
Courtney Stapleton in SuperYou
Belinda Lee Chapman and Will Bozier in SuperYou
Belinda Lee Chapman and Vicki Manser in SuperYou
The performers are backed by an entirely female-identifying band consisting of musical director Jenny Deacon, associate musical director Issie Osborne, Maria Rocha, Laura Williams, and Ashley Young.
JoAnn M. Hunter (Bad Cinderella) directs and choreographs the Curve staging with music supervision by Wendy Bobbit Cavett (Come From Away), set design by Anna Louizos (In the Heights), costume design by Cynthia Nordstrom (Rocktopia), sound design by Tony Gayle (My Neighbor Totoro), lighting design by Ryan O’Gara (Thoughts Of a Colored Man), and video design by Caite Hevner (Derren Brown: Secret). Casting is by Pearson Casting.
SuperYou is produced by Melissa M. Jones/All Awesome LLC with general management by Anthology Theatre Productions.
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