Love Life
A Vaudeville
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 07, 1948
Closing Date
May 14, 1949
Performances
252
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
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Open Date: Oct 07, 1948
Close Date: May 14, 1949
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
Sketches from 1791 to the present day.
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PeopleTheatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)Produced by Cheryl CrawfordBook by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Joseph Littau; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Music arranged by Kurt Weill; Additional music by Irving SchleinDirected by Elia Kazan; Choreographed by Michael KiddScenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Asssistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Assistant to Miss Ballard: Anna Hill JohnstoneGeneral Manager: John YorkeOrchestra Manager: Morris StonzekPress Director: Wolfe Kaufman; Assistant to Mr. Weill on ballet music: Irving SchleinDancerChildA Go-GetterSingerDancerBoylanInterlocutorA Go-GetterSingerHep CatDancerA Go-GetterSingerTotChildDancerTotHep CatDancerMiss HoroscopeSingerOne of the Flighty PairHep CatDancerA Go-GetterSingerSingerSingerDancerMiss MysticismDancerOne of the Flighty PairHep CatDancerDancerSingerDancerA Go-GetterA Go-GetterSingerSingerSingerHarveyLeaderMr. CynicA Go-GetterSingerWaltSingerA Go-GetterSingerDancerUnderstudies: Wana Allison (Miss Horoscope, Miss Mysticism, Miss Ideal Man), Robert Byrn (Interlocutor), Victor Clarke (Leader), David Collyer (Mr. Cynic), Lenn Dale (Johnny Cooper), Holly Harris (Susan Cooper), Carol O'Donnell (Elizabeth Cooper), Jules Racine (The Magician, Walt) and Evans Thornton (Sam Cooper, Hobo, Will)
46th Street Theatre (Oct 07, 1948 - May 14, 1949)
Cast
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Songsmusic by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Alan Jay LernerAct 1Sung ByWho Is Samuel Cooper?Mary Jo, George Hamilton Beacon, Jonathan Anderson, Charlie Hamilton, Hank and WomenMy Name is Samuel CooperSamHere I'll StaySusan and SamProgressThe Go-GettersI Remember It WellSusan and SamGreen-Up TimeSusan, Men and WomenGreen-Up TimePunch and DancersEconomicsQuartetteMother's Getting NervousThree TotsMy Kind of NightSamWomen's Club BluesSusan and WomenDanceDancersLove SongHoboI'm Your ManSam, Slade, Charlie Hamilton, George Hamilton Beacon and LeffcourtAct 2Sung ByHo, Bill O!Madigral SingersI Remember It Well (Reprise)Sam and SusanIs It Him or Is It MeSusanPunch and Judy Get a DivorceDancersThis Is the LifeSamHere I'll Stay (Reprise)Charlie HamiltonMinstrel ParadeMinstrelsMadame ZuzuMiss Horoscope and Miss MysticismTaking No ChancesMr. CynicMr. RightSusan and Miss Ideal Man
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Awards
Theatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by Cheryl Crawford
Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Joseph Littau; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Music arranged by Kurt Weill; Additional music by Irving Schlein
Directed by Elia Kazan; Choreographed by Michael Kidd
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Asssistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Assistant to Miss Ballard: Anna Hill Johnstone
General Manager: John Yorke
Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek
Press Director: Wolfe Kaufman; Assistant to Mr. Weill on ballet music: Irving Schlein
Dancer
Child
A Go-Getter
Singer
Dancer
Boylan
Interlocutor
A Go-Getter
Singer
Hep Cat
Dancer
A Go-Getter
Singer
Tot
Child
Dancer
Tot
Hep Cat
Dancer
Miss Horoscope
Singer
One of the Flighty Pair
Hep Cat
Dancer
A Go-Getter
Singer
Singer
Singer
Dancer
Miss Mysticism
Dancer
One of the Flighty Pair
Hep Cat
Dancer
Dancer
Singer
Dancer
A Go-Getter
A Go-Getter
Singer
Singer
Singer
Harvey
Leader
Mr. Cynic
A Go-Getter
Singer
Walt
Singer
A Go-Getter
Singer
Dancer
Understudies:
Wana Allison
(Miss Horoscope, Miss Mysticism, Miss Ideal Man), Robert Byrn
(Interlocutor), Victor Clarke
(Leader), David Collyer
(Mr. Cynic), Lenn Dale
(Johnny Cooper), Holly Harris
(Susan Cooper), Carol O'Donnell
(Elizabeth Cooper), Jules Racine
(The Magician, Walt) and Evans Thornton
(Sam Cooper, Hobo, Will)
46th Street Theatre (Oct 07, 1948 - May 14, 1949)
Cast
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Act 1
Sung By
Who Is Samuel Cooper?
Mary Jo, George Hamilton Beacon, Jonathan Anderson, Charlie Hamilton, Hank and Women
My Name is Samuel Cooper
Sam
Here I'll Stay
Susan and Sam
Progress
The Go-Getters
I Remember It Well
Susan and Sam
Green-Up Time
Susan, Men and Women
Green-Up Time
Punch and Dancers
Economics
Quartette
Mother's Getting Nervous
Three Tots
My Kind of Night
Sam
Women's Club Blues
Susan and Women
Dance
Dancers
Love Song
Hobo
I'm Your Man
Sam, Slade, Charlie Hamilton, George Hamilton Beacon and Leffcourt
Act 2
Sung By
Ho, Bill O!
Madigral Singers
I Remember It Well
(Reprise)
Sam and Susan
Is It Him or Is It Me
Susan
Punch and Judy Get a Divorce
Dancers
This Is the Life
Sam
Here I'll Stay
(Reprise)
Charlie Hamilton
Minstrel Parade
Minstrels
Madame Zuzu
Miss Horoscope and Miss Mysticism
Taking No Chances
Mr. Cynic
Mr. Right
Susan and Miss Ideal Man
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