Head Over Heels

Productions2 on Broadway

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Licensing 4 entries

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In the literature12 passages

'Let Us Build A Little Nest’ (lyric by Kern and Hobart)—see HEAD OVER HEELS [August 29, 1918] book:show-tunes-1905-1985-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-steven-suskin-1st-ed-new-yor#p46

Her wish came true in Head Over Heels (2018). Even when acknowledging that the Broadway Body could include a diverse array of body types, bodies that do not conform to the ideal are still positioned in opposition to it. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p30

Head over Heels (2018), which featured Bonnie Milligan as Princess Pamela in a fairy-​tale-​esque take on the jukebox musical. During the show’s brief run, Milligan tweeted, “We are serving amazing body positivity at @HOHmusical, where I get to play the most beau­tifull girl in the land, who has a love story, and nothi… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p126

These musicals stand out because they challenge Broadway’s bias toward normativity even as they reinforce it. Casting is Broadway’s process that enforces de jure size discrimination. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p127

Head Over Heels (2018) included the non-​binary character of the oracle, Pythio. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p166

Peppermint made history as Broadway’s first out transgender woman performer to originate a role in a musical. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p186

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