On March 14, the hit musical revue I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, now in its 10th smash year, will play its 4,000th performance at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). With the exception of The Fantasticks, no other musical in Off-Broadway history has reached this long-running milestone.
"Off-Broadway's phenomenal longest-running musical celebrates the modern-day suburban mating game. Audiences fill the theatre with laughter as the cast explores the joys of dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives, and in-laws," according to press notes.The cast features Anne Bobby, Will Erat, Jodie Langel, and Jamie LaVerdiere, portraying over 60 roles.Additional productions of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change have been mounted in more than 280 cities worldwide including Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, London, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Sydney, Prague, Seoul, Milan, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, and Dublin, grossing over 85 million dollars.The show "is the most proposal-friendly show in town. Forty-nine times, a young man has taken the stage to make a surprise proposal to his sweetheart. In all cases, the brides-to-be happily accepted as the audience roared with approval."The show is written by playwright/lyricist Joe DiPietro (All Shook Up) and composer Jimmy Roberts. Directed by Joel Bishoff, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is presented by James Hammerstein Productions, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard.Videos