Heartbeat takes a radically new approach to Massenet’s 1884 French opera, envisioning it as a Rodgers and
Hammerstein-inspired musical sung entirely in English.

MANON! follows Manon as she is rescued from her fate in a convent and finds herself pulled between two suitors: Power and True Love. Opera’s original “it-girl,” she deftly invents and reinvents herself throughout the work, transforming her circumstances even when the stakes turn deadly.

The saucy production is directed by Obie Award-winning director Rory Pelsue (NYT Critic’s Pick The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse, Pulitzer
Prize finalist Circle Jerk) and is adapted by Pelsue and Heartbeat’s Artistic Director Jacob Ashworth. Heartbeat’s Music Director Dan Schlosberg, known for his “ingenious” arrangements of the classics (The Wall Street Journal), channels Rodgers and Hammerstein in his luscious new arrangements. Choreography is by Sara Gettelfinger (Broadway’s Water for Elephants, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).