Flying Over Sunset

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Flying Over Sunset is a Broadway musical that imagines a 1950s meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce, and Cary Grant as they experiment with LSD, featuring a book and direction by James Lapine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
basedOn historical figures Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce, and Cary Grant
bookBy James Lapine
countryOfOrigin United States
creator James Lapine
depicts imagined meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce, and Cary Grant
directedBy James Lapine
dramaticForm book musical
featuresCharacter Aldous Huxley
Cary Grant
Clare Boothe Luce
genre musical theatre
hasTheme celebrity culture
consciousness expansion
grief and loss
search for meaning
spiritual exploration
inspiredBy experiments with LSD by notable cultural figures
language English
locationOfPremiere Broadway
New York City
lyricsBy Michael Korie
medium live theatre
musicBy Tom Kitt
portrays Aldous Huxley
Cary Grant
Clare Boothe Luce
portraysUseOf LSD
premieredAt Vivian Beaumont Theater
premiereType Broadway premiere
presentedBy Lincoln Center Theater
productionCompany Lincoln Center Theater
productionType original Broadway production
settingTime 1950s
subject LSD
hallucinogenic experiences
psychedelic drugs
theater Vivian Beaumont Theater
timePeriodDepicted mid-20th century

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James Lapine notableWork Flying Over Sunset
Tom Kitt notableWork Flying Over Sunset
Lincoln Center Theater producedWork Flying Over Sunset