Ten years after its debut at The Public Theater’s LuEsther Hall off-Broadway in New York City, Here Lies Love has returned to the Big Apple with numerous “firsts.” Following subsequent runs in London and Seattle, the hit musical created by Talking Heads founder David Byrne with music from Byrne and Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, is now enjoying its Broadway debut at Manhattan’s historic Broadway Theatre. It’s also distinguished as the first Broadway production to feature an all-Filipino cast who dramatize Imelda Marcos’ rise to prominence and downfall in the Philippines. But the latest iteration of Here Lies Love is also breaking new ground technology-wise in that it’s the first Broadway event to feature L-ISA immersive technology, which is used to deliver highly engaging spatialized sound to audiences in multiple areas via more than 220 L-Acoustics loudspeakers, supplied by L-Acoustics Certified Partner PRG.
For the production, Scenic Designer David Korins gave the Broadway...
