Line #29 Theatre/HeadOverHeels


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4	''Head Over Heels'' is a JukeboxMusical loosely based on Sir Philip Sidney's ''[[Literature/OldArcadia Arcadia]]'' combined with with the music of Music/TheGoGos. It tells the story of the royal family of Arcadia, [[RulerProtagonist King Basilius]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Queen Gynecia]], and their daughters [[ProudBeauty Pamela]] and [[WideEyedIdealist Philoclea]]. Problems are arising due to the daughter's love lives; Pamela refuses to marry any of her suitors, and Philoclea only has eyes on her childhood friend Musidorus, a penniless shepherd. Prophecies from the mysterious oracle Pythio lead Basilius to take his family on a journey away from their home, but as Pamela's handmaid Mopsa says, "a man can find his destiny on the way he takes to avoid it."
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6	The show flopped on Broadway due to the odd pairing of Elizabethan language and 80s pop music, but the CastFullOfGay caused it to develop a cult fanbase. The original cast featured Jeremy Kushnier as Basilius, Creator/RachelYork as Gynecia, Bonnie Milligan as Pamela, Alexandra Socha as Philoclea, Andrew Durand as Musidorus, Taylor Iman Jones as Mopsa, Tom Alan Robbins as Dametas, and Creator/{{Peppermint}} as Pythio.
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9	!!This musical contains examples of:
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11	* AbdicateTheThrone: Pythio predicts Basilius will do this. He doubts it. [[spoiler: He does eventually give the crown to his wife. ]]
12	* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler: Pamela and Mopsa were not in a romantic relationship in the orginal story.]]
13	* BedTrick: One of the few plot points kept around from the original story. The king and queen both make plans to meet up with Cleophila in a dark cave, but she gives their letters to each other without reading them.
14	* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Mopsa and Pamela, though they rival the alpha couple in Act One.]]
15	* BigBeautifulWoman: Pamela
16	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Philoclea and Musidorus [[spoiler: as well as Mopsa and Pamela. ]]
17	* DisguisedInDrag: Musidorus, as the Amazonian warrior Cleophila. [[spoiler: He even decides to keep his female persona around!]]
18	* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Pamela (the Beautiful) and Philoclea (the Smart).
19	* IAmSong: "Beautiful" for Pamela, "Vision of Nowness" for Pythio, "Good Girl" for Philoclea.
20	* IntercourseWithYou: "Heaven is a Place on Earth" turns into this.
21	* LineOfSightName: Three guesses who Cleophila first introduces herself to!
22	* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler: Pamela]]
23	* MagicalQueer: Pythio, at first. [[spoiler: They're eventually revealed to have been a citizen of Arcadia, banished after coming out. ]]
24	* MissingMom: Mopsa has one. [[spoiler: They come back.]]
25	* OnlySaneMan: Mopsa, to an extent.
26	* ProphecyTwist: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Most of the prophecies aren't too hard to decipher, but Basilius' stubborn nature makes him unwilling to think through them.
27	* QuarrelingSong: "Automatic Rainy Day"
28	* RunningGag: Whenever a character has a “mind blown” moment, the entire show stops dead and the full chorus sings a snippet “Skidmarks On My Heart.”
29	* SexlessMarriage: Basilius and Gynecia.
30	* SpeaksFluentAnimal: One of Mopsa’s lines can be interpreted as this.

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