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Amour   

 
Music Box Theatre , (10/20/2002 - 11/03/2002)
First Preview:Sep 20, 2002 Total Previews:31
Opening Date:Oct 20, 2002   
Closing Date:Nov 03, 2002 Total Performances:17

Category: Musical, Romantic Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Paris, shortly after World War II
Comments: Titled "Le Passe Muraille" in Paris; won the 1997 Prix Moliere for Best Musical


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President) and The Estate of Irving Berlin
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Jean Doumanian Productions and USA OSTAR Theatricals
Music by Michel Legrand; French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert; English adaptation by Jeremy Sams; Adapted from "Le Passe-Muraille" by Marcel Aymé (Les Editions Gallimard); Musical Director: Todd Ellison; Vocal arrangements by Todd Ellison; Music orchestrated by Michel Legrand
Directed by James Lapine; Choreographed by Jane Comfort; Assistant Choreographer: Lisa Shriver; Assistant Director: Darren Katz
Scenic Design by Scott Pask; Costume Design by Dona Granata; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier; Hair and Wig Design by Tom Watson; Associate Scenic Design: Orit Jacoby Carroll; Associate Costume Design: Brian Russman; Assistant Sound Design: David Bullard; Lighting Assistant: Scott Davis; Assistant Costume Design: Kate Jones
General Manager: Niko Associates, Inc. (Manny Kladitis, Founder and President); Company Manager: Tom Senter
Production Stage Manager: Leila Knox; Production Supervisor: O'Donovan & Bradford; Stage Manager: David Sugarman; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jonathan Donahue
Conducted by Todd Ellison; Associate Conductor: Antony Geralis; House Music Contractor: Bill Hayes; Music Preparation: Miller Music Services
Illusion design by Jim Steinmeyer; Pianos by Steinway & Sons
Press Representative: Bill Evans & Associates; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Casting: Bernard Telsey Casting, Inc.; Marketing: The Nancy Richards Group; Shubert Organization Creative Projects Director: D.S. Moynihan; Dance Captain: Christian Borle; Fight direction by Rick Sordelet; Photographer: Joan Marcus; Furs supplied by Ben Kahn Furs
Cast
Melissa Errico Isabelle
Malcolm Gets Dusoleil
Lewis Cleale Charles
Prosecutor
John Cunningham Policeman
Doctor
President of the Tribunal
Christopher Fitzgerald Bertrand
Newsvendor
Advocate
Norm Lewis Painter
Sarah Litzsinger Madeleine
Nora Mae Lyng Claire
Whore
Bill Nolte Policeman
Boss
Understudies: Matthew Bennett (Boss, Charles, Doctor, Policeman, President of the Tribunal, Prosecutor), Christian Borle (Advocate, Bertrand, Dusoleil, Newsvendor, Painter), Jessica Hendy (Claire, Isabelle, Madeleine, Whore) and Sarah Litzsinger (Isabelle)
2003 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Jean Doumanian Productions and USA OSTAR Theatricals [nominee]
2003 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
 French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert; English adaptation by Jeremy Sams [nominee]
2003 Tony Award® Best Original Score
 Music by Michel Legrand; French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert; English adaptation by Jeremy Sams [nominee]
2003 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
 Malcolm Gets [nominee]
2003 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical
 Melissa Errico [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Musical
 Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Philip J. Smith: President; Robert E. Wankel: Executive Vice President), Jean Doumanian Productions and USA OSTAR Theatricals [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical
 English adaptation by Jeremy Sams; French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
 Malcolm Gets [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
 Christopher Fitzgerald [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations
 Michel Legrand [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics
 English adaptation by Jeremy Sams; French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design of a Musical
 Scenic Design by Scott Pask [nominee]
2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
 Music by Michel Legrand [nominee]
ACT 1Sung By
Overture Charles
Office Life Claire
Going Home Alone Dusoleil
Other People's Stories Bertrand
Street Vendor's Waltz Painter
Dusoleil Walks Through the Wall Claire
Doctor Dusoleil
Ordinary Guy
Dusoleil's Revenge Claire
Somebody
Prosecutor's Song Isabelle
Whore's Lament Bertrand
Monsieur Passepartout Dusoleil
Special Time of Day Painter
Waiting
Latest News
Dusoleil in Jail Isabelle
Painter's Song Charles
Isabelle On Her Balcony Dusoleil
Transformation Charles
Advocate's Plea
Trial Bertrand
Duet for Dusoleil and Isabelle Dusoleil
Whistling Ballet
Amour Claire
Dusoleil Meets the Press Policeman
Serenade Isabelle
Ordinary Guy (Reprise)Dusoleil