# Sophia Anne Caruso To Star In Duncan Sheik’s ‘Memoirs Of Amorous Gentlemen’ Stage Musical Adaptation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sophia-anne-caruso-to-star-in-duncan-sheiks-memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-stage-musical-adaptation/
- Published: 2026-08-12T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-12T13:05:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/08/sophia-anne-caruso-memoirs-of-amorous-gentlemen-1237028562/
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Sophia Anne Caruso will star in a new Duncan Sheik musical.
- It is the first English-language American musical adapted from manga.
- The Off-Broadway run begins in September 2026.

## Summary

Sophia Anne Caruso will lead a new Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Moyoco Anno’s manga Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen. The production is notable as the first manga to be developed into an English-language American musical, and will reunite prominent theatre talent including composer Duncan Sheik and director-choreographer Rob Ashford.

Previews begin on 25 September at The Night Egg at the Culture Club, a new Chelsea venue in the former Sleep No More site, with opening night on 15 October and a run until 3 January 2027. Caruso plays Colette, a young writer in 20th-century Paris whose work at the Night Egg brothel helps her turn clients’ stories into art while confronting a damaging attachment to her childhood love, Léon; the creative team also includes Scott Pask, Catherine Zuber, Brian Tovar, Cody Spencer and Tom Watson.

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