Love Life
Shows · Love Life
The story of the ageless married couple Sam (Ray Middleton) and Susan Cooper (Nanette Fabray) from 1791 to 1948 was framed by a series of vaudeville acts that commented on their up and down relationship that paralleled the ups and downs of the nation.
- Opened
- 1948
- Performances
- 252
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Productions2 on Broadway
| 1948 | 46th Street Theatre Original. October 7, 1948 · Elia Kazan | 252 performances |
| 2005 | Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival. May 1, 2005 · Charles Randolph-Wright | 8 performances |
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28 passages naming Love Life, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
(A previous effort to combine vaudeville within a musical play was the Kurt Weil-Alan Jay Lerner Love Life.) book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p237
Soon after Chicago’s Broadway opening, Miss Verdon was temporarily replaced by Liza Minnelli because of illness; during the run she was succeeded by Ann Reinking. A previous effort to combine vaudeville within a musical play was the Kurt Weill-Alan Jay Lerner Love Life. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p268
she never broke into the ranks of legendary leading ladies. However, the critics loved her, and apparently audiences did, too. She just never got lucky with the right Broadway musical, and Love Life , Arms and the Girl , Make a Wish (1951), and Mr. President (1962) were all financial failures with relatively brief Broa… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p28
Despite its short run, Love Life (1948) was an i book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p144
The next three shows at the 46th Street received mixed reviews. The first, Love Life (10/7/48; 252 performances), was an underappreciated gem by Alan Jay Lerner (see LERNER AND LOEWE) and Kurt WEILL. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p454
Backstage During Love Life, the Alan Jay Lerner/Kurt Weill musical, Ray Middleton would brace himself against costar Nanette Fabray and squeeze when he had to reach a particularly high note. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p21
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