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April-June 1947 Lerner conceives basic idea for Love Life. November 1947 First draft of script completed (it has not survived). 17 March 1948 Weill and Lerner deposit a script for copyright under the title of “A Dish for the Gods.” May-July 1948 Major revisions and songs added. Mid-June 1948 Weill begins orchestrating. 9 August 1948 Rehearsals begin. September 1948 Out-of-town tryouts. Lerner later wrote, “Then we opened in New Haven. Between that day and the day—three and a half weeks later—when we opened in New York practically every scene in the play was rewritten and three completely new scenes were added.” 7 October 1948 Broadway opening at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers). 17 October 1948 Weill writes to Madeleine Milhaud: “…the play has become the most discussed theater evening of the season. It has been sold out since the opening, the audiences love it, and I think it has a good chance to survive.” 24 April 1949 Nanette Fabray wins the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Love Life. 14 May 1949 Love Life closes after 252 performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291458680-SLVBVDJQBITX9YG54BOC/Love+Life+1948+cruise+ship+credit+vandamm.jpg Love Life 1948 Broadway, New York City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291929175-CL99YLXHEY0B5MZHHXOB/Love+Life+1948+divorce+ballet+center.jpg Love Life 1948 Broadway, New York City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291681310-75N0XJX6W0QX1825B70I/Love+Life+1987+locker+room.jpg Love Life 1987 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291743804-XE3D32ZABHNHXKG3Y740/Love+Life+1990+swank+credit+garvin.jpg Love Life 1990 American Musical Theater Festival, Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291793709-RNXXA6Q576JPKJJ3RSZK/Love+Life+1996+susan+and+sam+credit+barda.jpg Love Life 1996 Opera North, Leeds, England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579291840444-90CPNF8W4DB8MCD6XA5O/Love+Life+2017+cruise+ship+credit+hupfeld.jpg Love Life 2017 Theater Freiburg, Germany https://www.kwf-special.org/kurtweill daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579892697321-V6KO2QIWSLX863K2U3QA/Kurt_Weill_and_Lotte_Lenya_at_home_1942.jpg Kurt Weill Weill and Lenya at home in New City, NY, around 1945. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579892171398-JET4P4PRM5ZIQLQRASZ0/0114color-72.jpg Kurt Weill Kurt Weill: Leipzig, 1919 (photo: Hoenisch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579892008225-0Y5L5JN7A6P02XHV35JI/1586%2Bweill%2Bat%2Bbrook%2Bhouse.jpg Kurt Weill Weill at Brook House. https://www.kwf-special.org/production-history daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579281655968-FK9O4T23A514TEL4IDAH/Love+Life+1948+cruise+ship+credit+vandamm.jpg Production History Susan and Sam Cooper (Nanette Fabray and Ray Middleton, center) test their marriage on a Caribbean cruise during New Year’s Eve. | Photo: Vandamm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579281334237-Y8JEOETALOOJWX8WVBJR/Love+Life+1948+after+womens+club+blues.jpg Production History Susan (Nanette Fabray, center) and the suffragettes insist on equality for women (“Women’s Club Blues”). | Photo: credit unknown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579283123373-ZS961E3PZZDYF4UZ9PXI/Love+Life+1948+divorce+ballet+center.jpg Production History The couple’s marital troubles play out in a satirical ballet scene in commedia dell’arte style (“Punch and Judy Get a Divorce”). | Photo: Vandamm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579285205919-9AQWEOXBZBIM7VI7OTRH/Love+Life+1987+miss+horoscope.jpg Production History Minstrels review the use of astrology to find the right mate (“Madame Zuzu”) during the final scene. | Photo: Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579284570228-7BO1KXLC0NJWF4Q1LD83/Love+Life+1987+locker+room.jpg Production History Originally cut during the Broadway tryouts, “The Locker Room” was reinstated for the Michigan production. | Photo: Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579286679748-CZ2HP917ESS5A3NXEONJ/Love+Life+1990+after+greenup+time+credit+garvin.jpg Production History Susan (Debbie Shapiro, center) asks Sam (Richard Muenz, center) to join her at the springtime dance (“Green-Up Time”). | Photo: Garvin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579285772950-J4E4HU1WD204EWM3UC4O/Love+Life+1990+swank+credit+garvin.jpg Production History A new principal character, L.L. 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The production also reinstated "Susan's Dream," cut during Broadway tryouts. | Photo: Garvin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579287577006-3C2AF5VHP6A4M2WNGUD2/Love+Life+1996+susan+and+sam+credit+barda.jpg Production History Sam and Susan Cooper (Alan Oke and Margaret Preece) in an unhappy marriage. | Photo: Barda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579287200468-Q3055AYOKEPMX7RVIMWJ/Love+Life+1996+mothers+getting+nervous+credit+barda.jpg Production History Children comment on Susan’s state of mind in Act I (“Mother’s Getting Nervous”). | Photo: Barda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579287971939-DGHKWAQTH4QL4H4C46P5/Love+Life+1996+hobo+credit+barda.jpg Production History A hobo (Geoffrey Dolton) sings his message that love is the only answer, but nobody listens (“Love Song”). | Photo: Barda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579288603546-UG42WEJ8T2DRZX6AI8HX/Love+Life+2017+cruise+ship+credit+hupfeld.jpg Production History Sam and Susan Cooper (David Arnsperger and Rebecca Jo Loeb) are tempted by other suitors at the end of Act I. | Photo: Hupfeld https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579289281442-Y4GPK6M4FV6LEYJZWJMA/Love+Life+2017+screening+room+credit+hupfeld.jpg Production History The story plays out on screen mixed with Hollywood references. | Photo: Hupfeld https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579290131515-GFO97X39WXO4ZWNCVYYF/frankensteins1.jpg Production History A quartet sings about the conflicts between love and money (“Economics”). | Photo: Hupfeld https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579289982470-CS3VC8H4MU6NHWACC2W3/Love+Life+2017+this+is+the+life+credit+hupfeld.jpg Production History Sam moves into a hotel room, where he exults in his newfound bachelor freedoms (“This is the Life”). | Photo: Hupfeld https://www.kwf-special.org/synopsis-with-music daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://www.kwf-special.org/song-recording-excerpts daily 0.75 2020-01-20 https://www.kwf-special.org/performing-forces daily 0.75 2020-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1579891329614-ZW76P706WNBWSK9UZZ04/KWE+Performing+Forces+page+-+Love+Life+fs.jpg Performing Forces https://www.kwf-special.org/press-clippings daily 0.75 2020-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1581530081922-L32NOZQ4Y6UI0J2PGBBC/s50a-l8-two-on-the-street.jpg Press Clippings https://www.kwf-special.org/alan-jay-lerner daily 0.75 2020-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1580404445885-NL4D6KQ1WHWEM6CAOTAS/alanjaylerner-hr1.jpg Alan Jay Lerner https://www.kwf-special.org/playbill-article daily 0.75 2020-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1581521375318-9WI9764O8W7OJTU8BOSM/Love+Life+Playbill+March+2020+article_Page_2.jpg Playbill Article https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1581521391959-3GMGLZBTLPMQIRUP9VBY/Love+Life+Playbill+March+2020+article_Page_3.jpg Playbill Article https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e20858fb5afaa42c02bc72b/1581521358715-WP1MMXFSJEVBRSARO5UB/Love+Life+Playbill+March+2020+article_Page_1.jpg Playbill Article