TV: Hal Prince and Alfred Uhry on LoveMusik

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BroadwayWorld is pleased to bring you this special video interview with LoveMusik's Book writer Alfred Uhry (Pulitzer Prizer winner for Driving Miss Daisy, Tony Award winner for Parade & The Last Night of Ballyhoo) and Director Harold Prince (21-time Tony Award winner; Cabaret, Company, The Phantom of The Opera).

The video shows Uhry and Prince discussing their inspiration behind LoveMusik, their acclaimed new musical, and telling stories about working with Tony Award-winning actors: Michael Cerveris (Assassins, Sweeney Todd) and Donna Murphy (The King and I, Passion). Inspired by the tumultuous, international, 25-year love affair between composer Kurt Weill and singer Lotte Lenya, LoveMusik features musical staging by Patricia Birch (A Little Night Music). Previews begin Thursday, April 12 for a Thursday, May 3 opening.

Also featured in LoveMusik are David Pittu as Bertolt Brecht and John Scherer as George Davis, with Judith Blazer, Edwin Cahill, Herndon Lackey, Erik Liberman, Ann Morrison, Graham Rowat, Rachel Ulanet and Jessica Wright.

LoveMusik features the lyrics of Maxwell Anderson, Bertolt Brecht, Howard Dietz, Roger Fernay, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II,
Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Maurice Magre, Ogden Nash, Elmer Rice and Kurt Weill. The creative team includes Beowulf Boritt (Scenic Design), Judith Dolan (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (Lighting Design), Duncan Robert Edwards (Sound Design), Paul Huntley (Wig Design), Angelina Avallone (Makeup Design), Mark Simon (Casting), Jonathan Tunick (Orchestrations), Kristen Blodgette (Musical Supervisor), Seymour Red Press (Music Coordinator), Milton Granger (Additional Vocal Arrangements), and Nicholas Archer (Conductor).

LoveMusik tickets are currently on sale through June 17, and are available by calling (212) 239-6200 or toll-free (800) 432-7250, online at Telecharge.com, and at the Biltmore Theatre box office (261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Tickets range $76.25 - $101.25.

Visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com for more information.

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