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Manga meets the New York theatre world in autumn 2026, when Moyoco Anno’s Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen will make its off-Broadway debut at The Night Egg, a new venue in Midtown Manhattan.
Adapted from the manga of the same name, the production is set in early 20th-century Paris and follows Colette, a sharp-witted young woman working at an exclusive maison close brothel. As she documents the confessions and desires of the establishment’s eccentric clientele, Colette discovers a sense of agency through writing, transforming taboo and obsession into art while confronting the lingering emotional scars of a romance from her childhood past.
First launched in 2020 as an effort to adapt the work into a Broadway musical – an unprecedented step for a manga – the project has now entered a new phase with the involvement of several rising creative talents, including Japanese-American playwright and screenwriter Leah Nanako Winkler and music director Or Matias. Tickets will go on sale later this summer. Additional details, including performance dates and casting, will be announced soon.
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