Paltrow’s ‘Heels’ hits Hamps
GWYNETH Paltrow’s long-gestating Go-Go’s musical — “Head Over Heels” — got a beat closer to Broadway on Sunday with a party for the show at her Hamptons home. We hear guests at the East Hampton bash included her mom Blythe Danner, kids Apple and Moses, Tony-winning director Michael Mayer and the Go-Go’s guitarist Charlotte Caffey. “It was a friends and family thing,” explained Donovan Leitch — Paltrow’s pal and ex-boyfriend, who’s producing the show with Paltrow, Rick Ferrari and Christine Russell — when reached for comment. “It was billed as a tea party, but it was rosé all day,” Leitch joked. Musical arranger Tom Kitt and Caffey led a round of classic Go-Go’s tunes at the reception for the show, which we hear is eyeing the 2018-2019 Broadway season. An “investors one-sheet” has started making the rounds to woo backers and begins with: “This project is a dream come true for me. I hope you will join us on this very exciting journey. — Gwyneth.” A version of the pitch seen by Page Six also included a particularly Paltrowian-sounding “Mission Statement” reading: “As Producers, responsible for promoting content relevant to the universal Human Experience, we feel an obligation to stand on the right side of History, to promote progress toward inclusion, and to defend the basic rights of all human beings. We seek to empower you to follow your heart, and to realize that the beat of your own heart is echoed by a universal beat that makes us all one.” Pretty deep for “We Got the Beat.” Leitch told us the verbiage has been dropped from the pitch. “Look what happened to Tom Cruise in ‘Jerry Maguire’ and his mission statement,” he quipped. “Really what the show is about is inclusion and gender equality,” he said. “It is a fun, irreverent musical comedy for all genders. We decided it was better to just say that in person.” The period piece is set in 1590 to the band’s 1980s tunes.