Video: Sophia Anne Caruso Performs Duncan Sheik’s ‘Immured’ From MEMOIRS OF AMOROUS GENTLEMEN

Sophia Anne Caruso recently performed “Immured” from the new musical Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen during a press event ahead of the production’s Off-Broadway premiere. Watch the performance below.

The song was written by Duncan Sheik, who composed the musical’s score. It was announced Friday that Sheik had passed away at the age of 56, just days before the production is set to begin performances.

Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen features music and lyrics by the Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer and a book by Leah Nanako Winkler.

Based on the manga by Moyoco Anno, the production is directed and choreographed by Tony, Olivier and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford. Performances will begin Friday, September 25 at The Night Egg, a new venue located inside the Culture Club at 530 W. 27th Street. Opening night is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, with performances continuing through Sunday, January 3, 2027.

Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen follows Colette, a witty young dreamer in 20th-century Paris who discovers her power through writing. While working at an elusive maison close called Night Egg, she begins documenting the fantasies, confessions and private sorrows of her eccentric clients, transforming herself from object to observer and turning their perversions into art.

As Colette develops her independence, she remains caught in a destructive attachment to Léon, her childhood love, whose hold on her blurs the line between devotion and self-destruction.

The production is described as the first Japanese manga to be adapted into an English-language American musical. Anno’s Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen was serialized from 2013 to 2018 and later published as a two-volume collection. It received the Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.

The musical features music supervision and vocal and incidental music arrangements by Or Matias.

The creative team includes Scott Pask as scenic designer, Catherine Zuber as Costume Designer, Brian Tovar as lighting designer, Cody Spencer as sound designer and Tom Watson as hair and wig designer. Casting is by The Telsey Office and Patrick Goodwin, CSA.