Love Life (musical)

Love Life is a musical written by Kurt Weill (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics). It opened at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway (now the Richard Rodgers) on October 7, 1948, and closed on May 14, 1949, after having played 252 performances. The original production starred Ray Middleton and Nanette Fabray, was directed by Elia Kazan, and choreographed by Michael Kidd.^[1]

Love Life
Music	Kurt Weill
Lyrics	Alan Jay Lerner
Book	Alan Jay Lerner
Productions	1948 Broadway

The show told the story of a married couple, Sam and Susan Cooper, who never age as they progress from 1791 to 1948, encountering difficulties in their marriage (and thus the very fabric of marriage) as they struggle to cope with changing social mores. One of the earliest examples of the concept musical, the action of Love Life was interspersed with vaudeville-style numbers that commented on the story, in a way very similar to Cabaret (which opened in 1966).

No official cast recording of Love Life has ever been made; a strike at the time of the original production prevented preserving the original cast of this show, as also happened with Where's Charley?, which opened four days later, on Oct. 11, 1948.

The song "I Remember it Well" is the original version of a lyric Lerner revised for use in the 1958 film, Gigi.

Musical Numbers

Part One The Magician Opening (Waltz) - The Magician, Sam, and Susan The Cooper Family Who Is Samuel Cooper? - Mary Jo, George, Jonathan, Charlie, Hank, and Women My Name Is Samuel Cooper - Sam Here I'll Stay - Sam and Susan Eight Men Progress - The Go-Getters The Farewell I Remember It Well - Sam and Susan Green Up-Time - Susan, Men and Women Polka and Green Up-Time (Reprise) - Susan, Johnny, Men and Women I Remember It Well (Reprise) - Sam, Susan, Johnny and Elizabeth Quartette Economics - Quartette Susan's Dream [Cut Song] - Quartette The New Baby Prelude and Postlude to Scene - Orchestra Three Tots and A Woman Mother's Getting Nervous - Three Tots Trapeze Specialty - Trapeze Artist Foxtrot (with Encore) - Three Tots My Kind of Night My Kind Of Night - Sam Women's Club Blues - Susan and Women My Kind of Night (Reprise) - Sam Love Song Progress (Reprise with Soft Shoe) [Cut Song] - The Go-Getters Love Song - Hobo The Cruise I'm Your Man - Sam, Slade, Boylan, Harvey, and Leffcourt You Understand Me So [Cut Song] - Susan and Taylor Finale Part One: I'm Your Man (Reprise) - Entire Company

Part Two Madrigal Singers Ho, Billy O! - Leader and Singers Radio Night The Locker Room Boys [Cut and Replaced with Madrigal Singers] The Locker Room - Locker Room Boys Farewell Again I Remember It Well (Reprise) - Sam and Susan Is It Him or Is It Me? - Susan The All-American Puppet Ballet Present Punch and Judy Get A Divorce Prologue - Punch, Judy, Lawyer, Judge, Bell Hop, Correspondent Courtroom - The same in addition to Two Lawyers, Flighty Pair, and Speedy Pair Family Trio (Green Up-Time) - Child, Father, and Mother Hep Cats (Economics) - Hep Cats A Hotel Room This Is The Life - Sam The Minstrel Show Here I'll Stay (Reprise) - Interlocutor We're Sellin' Sunshine - Interlocutor and Minstrels Introduction - Interlocutor, Sam, Susan, and Minstrels Madame Zuzu - Miss Horoscope and Miss Mysticism Takin' No Chances - Mr. Cynic Mr. Right (Introduction) - Miss Ideal Man Mr. Right - Susan Finale Ultimo - Sam and Susan

References

1. Willard, Charles (June 10, 1990). "A New Life For 1948's Love Life The Kurt Weill-Alan Jay Lerner Musical". Philadelphia Media Network. philly.com. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

External links

• ​Love Life​ at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ovrtur.com listing^{[permanent dead link]}