Love Life
Love Life - 2020 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
New York City Center
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019
Love Life, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, is a journey through American history with a family that never grows any older. Directed by Victoria Clark, the story is accentuated with vaudevillian acts and features some of Weill's most beautiful and accessible songs, including "Mr. Right" and "Here I'll Stay," as well as satiric barbs at the American Dream such as "Progress" and "Economics" that in some ways are reminiscent of Weill's The Threepenny Opera. Although Love Life has largely lived in the shadows since its season-long run in 1948, it has had a direct impact on Broadway shows such as Gypsy; Cabaret; Follies; and Hallelujah, Baby!
Love Life - 2020 - Off-Broadway Cast
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2020
Rehearsals are underway for the New York City Center production of Love Life starring Kate Baldwin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, John Edwards, Sara Jean Ford, Isabella Houston, Owen Tabaka and Clarke Thorell.
See a video of Kate Baldwin & Brian Stokes Mitchell
by Nicole Rosky - March 10, 2020
Next up at New York City Center Encores! is Love Life, which runs for seven performances at New York City Center from March 18 - 22. Watch as the cast gives a very special sneak peek of 'Economics' and 'I Remember It Well' and tells us even more about what to expect from the show!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 7, 2020
New York City Center today announced complete casting for the Encores! production of Love Life. Joining previously announced cast members Kate Baldwin (Susan Cooper) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Sam Cooper) are John Edwards (Hobo), Sara Jean Ford (Miss Ideal Man), Isabella Houston (Elizabeth Cooper), Owen Tabaka (Johnny Cooper), and Clarke Thorell (Bill/Mr. Cynic).
Love Life FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who Is Samuel Cooper?
My Name Is Samuel Cooper
Here I'll Stay
Progress
I Remember It Well
Green-Up Time
Economics
Mother's Getting Nervous
My Kind of Night
Women's Club Blues
Love Song
I'm Your Man
Ho, Billy O!
Is It Him or Is It Me? [i]
Punch and Judy Get a Divorce
This Is the Life
The Minstrel Parade
Madame Zuzu
Taking No Chances
Mr. Right
Reality
A Home of Our Own
Susan's Dream
Suffragette Meeting
Cop's Serenade
Plotting Scene
Can't We Have a Rally?
Viva the Women!
Cop's Lament
We're Taking Over Now
Csardas
Love
Drinking Song
There's Nothing Left for Daddy But the Rhumba
You Understand Me So
Where Do I Belong?
The Locker Room
Baby
Mr. Right and Miss Dream
It's the Irish
Ballet
Is It Him or Is It Me? [ii]
Bats About You
What More Do I Want?
Love Life History
Other Productions of Love Life
| 1948 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1991 | London Fringe |
Lost Musicals Concert London Fringe |
| 1996 | Regional (UK) |
Regional Revival Regional (UK) |
| 2020 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Concert Revival Off-Broadway |
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Concert Revival Production Off-Broadway |
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