LOVE LIFE
Composer: Kurt
Weill
Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner
Opened: October 7, 1948, 46th Street Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 252
Note: Live performance recordings of revivals of LOVE LIFE at
the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU (1985); University of Michigan
(1987); Philadelphia (1990); and Opera North in Leeds, England
(broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1996), are known to exist. A video
of Nanette Fabray singing "Green-Up Time" and "Mr. Right" on Ed
Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" also exists.
Economics:
1. 78/Varsity 548 (The
Broadway Quartet and Orchestra)
2. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs,
10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Vocal quartet with orchestra directed by
Herb Harris) [reissued as CD/DRG 5246]
3. Lerner, Loewe, Lane & Friends, CD/Varese Sarabande
VSD2-5917 (Betty Garrett with musical direction by Ron Abel)
4. The Alan Jay Lerner Album, CD/Fynsworth Alley 302 062 161 2
(Brent Barrett with musical direction by Christopher Denny)
5. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Dorothy Loudon and
the Girls with musical direction by Norman Paris)
6. Walk On The Weill Side: The Songs Of Kurt Weill,
CD/Audiophile ACD-289 (Ronny Whyte, piano and voice, with
accompaniment)
7. Kurt Weill: The Centennial, CD/LML Music LML CD-301 (Jane A.
Johnston with musical direction by Ron Abel)
8. Three Vile Men, CD/Middle Eight Music 3VM 001 (Martin Croft,
John O'May, and Mark Jones with Mark Jones, piano)
9. Music Box, CD/No label CC1811 (Hudson Shad)
10. Songs From Berlin To New York, CD/XXI XXI-CD 2 1621
(Kerry-Anne Kutz)
Green-Up Time:
Click here for recordings
of "Green-Up Time."
Here I'll Stay:
Click here for recordings
of "Here I'll Stay."
Ho, Billy-O! The Wiind Of Spring Is
Blowing (The Madrigal):
1. Songs Of Humor &
Satire, CD/Premier PRCD 1030 (Gregg Smith Singers Naomi Itami,
Gina Skaggs, Peter Bucci, and Walter Richardson)
I Remember It Well:
1. Kurt Weill On Broadway,
CD/Angel 55563 (Thomas Hampson and Jeanne Lehman with the London
Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
2. Kurt Weill Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108 (Jo Sullivan
and John Rearden)
I'm Your Man:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Robert Marks and Arthur Siegel with
musical arrangement by Robert Marks)
The Illusion Minstrel Show:
1. LoveMusik,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4425 (John Scherer and Ensemble with orchestra
conducted by Nicholas Archer) (as "The Illusion Wedding Show")
Is It Him Or Is It Me? (cut after
opening):
1. Love Shouldn't Be
Serious..., CD/Virtuosi mmp cd 1010 (Rosamund Shelley with
Christopher Littlewood, piano)
2. Stranger Here Myself, CD/Koch International Classics 3-7087-2
K2 (Angelina Reaux with music conducted by Robert Kapilow)
3. Kurt Weill Songs, CD/ASV CD DCA 790 (Carole Farley with Roger
Vignoles, piano)
4. Kurt Weill Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108 (Ann Miller)
5. The Joy Of Weill, CD/No label no number (Joy Bogen with
musical direction by Paul Katz)
6. Kurt Weill: The Centennial, CD/LML Music LML CD-301 (Pam
Dawber with musical direction by Ron Abel)
7. Songs From Berlin To New York, CD/XXI XXI-CD 2 1621
(Kerry-Anne Kutz)
The Locker Room (cut):
1. Kurt Weill Revisited,
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108 (John Rearden, Arthur Siegel and the
Men)
Love Song:
1. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan
Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs, 10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Alan
Jay Lerner with orchestra directed by Herb Harris) [reissued as
CD/DRG 5246]
2. Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Paramount (S) PAS-4000
(Hal Watters with Margery Cohen, Judy Lander, and Jerry Lanning)
3. Kurt Weill Favorites, MGM (M) E3323 (Richard Ellsasser,
organ)
4. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Jerry Orbach with
musical direction by Norman Paris)
5. Walk On The Weill Side: The Songs Of Kurt Weill,
CD/Audiophile ACD-289 (Ronny Whyte, piano and voice, with
accompaniment)
6. Kurt Weill In America, CD/Andreasong AND-07 (Cast with music
conducted by Shelly Markham)
7. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon: Broadway Flops &
Roadkills 1925-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Richard Nickol with
musical direction by David Holcenberg)
8. Live From London, CD/Cabaret 5023 (Andrea Marcovicci with
musical direction by Glen Mehrbach)
9. Musicals, CD/EMI CDC 7 49792-2 (Lambert Wilson with the
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by John
McGlinn)
10. Lenya, CD/Bear Family BCD 16019 KL (Lotte Lenya with musical
direction by Milton Rosenstock)
11. A Song About Forever: Songs By Kurt Weill, CD/Consolidated
Artists Productions CAP 101 (The Kurt Weill Project)
Madame Zuzu (uses music from the
"Zodiac Song" not used in LADY IN THE DARK):
1. LoveMusik,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4425 (John Scherer and Ensemble with orchestra
conducted by Nicholas Archer) (portion of "The Illusion Wedding
Show")
Mr. Right:
1. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan
Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs, 10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Kaye
Ballard with orchestra directed by Herb Harris) [reissued as
CD/DRG 5246]
2. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Dorothy Loudon with
musical direction by Norman Paris) [also found on American
Songbook Series: Kurt Weill, CD/Smithsonian AD 048-17]
3. Three Vile Men, CD/Middle Eight Music 3VM 001 (Mark Jones,
piano and voice)
4. BBC Radio 3 Broadcast (5/11/96) (Margaret Preece with the
English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Wyn Davies)
5. Out On A Whim, CD/LML Music 129 (Cindy Benson with music
direction by John Boswell)
6. The Song Remembers When, CD/Dress Circle LIMB 01 (Deborah
Boily with Jerome Kaslin, piano)
7. Diva By Diva, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5589 (Judy Kaye with
musical direction by Patrick Brady)
8. The American Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/HR 00601 (Silvia Droste,
Jeff Cascaro, and the HR Big Band conducted by Jorg Ach Keller)
9. Weill Nur Die Liebe Zahlt, CD/Nova 115 (Edeltraud Rupek &
Urs John)
10. Finding My Way, CD/Denise Mihalik (Denise Mihalik)
11. Underneath The Arches, That's Entertainment Records TERX1015
(Curly with orchestra directed by Clive Chaplin) [reissued as
CD/TER 1015]
My Kind Of Night:
1. Kurt Weill Revisited
Vol. II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-109 (Arthur Siegel)
My Name Is Samuel Cooper:
1. Kurt Weill On
Broadway, CD/Angel 55563 (Thomas Hampson and Jeffrey Carl with
the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
Progress:
1. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan
Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs, 10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Alan
Jay Lerner and Vocal Quartet with orchestra directed by Herb
Harris) [reissued as CD/DRG 5246]
2. Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill, Paramount (S) PAS-4000
(Jerry Lanning and Hal Watters)
3. Alan Jay Lerner Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Roddy McDowall, Nancy
Walker and Chorus with musical direction by Norman Paris)
4. Songs Of Kurt Weill, CD/Tomato R2 72198 (Helen Schneider with
Bruce Coyle, pinao) [also found on A Walk On The Weill Side,
CD/CBS MK 45703]
5. Three Vile Men, CD/Middle Eight Music 3VM 001 (Mark Jones,
John O'May, and Martin Croft, with Mark Jones, piano)
6. Weill, CD/Illyria 003 (Anne Kerry Ford with music conducted
by Roger Kellaway)
7. Haunted Heart, CD/Runt One (Sarah Lynch) (unverified)
Susan's Dream (cut):
1. Lyrics By Lerner: Alan
Jay Lerner Performs His Own Songs, 10"/Heritage (M) 0600 (Kaye
Ballard and Vocal Quartet with orchestra directed by Herb
Harris) [reissued as CD/DRG 5246; also found on American
Songbook Series: Kurt Weill, CD/Smithsonian AD 048-17]
2. Mixed Emotions, HIFI Record R402 (Dorothy Carless)
3. The World Of Kurt Weill In Song, MGM (M) E 4052P (Martha
Schlamme with music conducted by Samuel Matlovsky)
4. Weill, CD/Mons 874347 (RIAS Big Band)
5. Music Box, CD/No label CC1811 (Hudson Shad)
6. Lenya, CD/Bear Family BCD 16019 KL (Lotte Lenya with musical
direction by Milton Rosenstock)
7. Stories. . . In NYC, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD54B-009
(Bebe Neuwirth with music direction by Scott Cady)
Takin' No Chances:
1. LoveMusik,
CD/Ghostlight 8-4425 (John Scherer and Ensemble with orchestra
conducted by Nicholas Archer) (portion of "The Illusion Wedding
Show")
This Is The Life:
1. Alan Jay Lerner
Revisited, CD/PSCD-141 (Jerry Orbach with musical direction by
Norman Paris)
2. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Koch Swann 3-1416-2 (Steven
Kimbrough with the Kolner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Victor
Symonette)
3. Kurt Weill: This Is The Life And Other Unrecorded Songs,
CD/Arabesque Z6579 (Steven Kimbrough with Dalton Baldwin, piano)
4. Kurt Weill On Broadway, CD/Angel 55563 (Thomas Hampson and
the London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
5. If Ever I Would Leave You, CD/Deutsche Grammophon 289 457
628-2 (Bryn Terfel with the Chorus of Opera North and The
English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel)
What More Do I Want? (cut after
opening):
1. Kurt Weill Revisited
Vol. II, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-109 (Jo Sullivan)
Who Is Samuel Cooper?:
1. Kurt Weill On Broadway,
CD/Angel 55563 (Elizabeth Futral, John McGlinn, Jeffrey Carl,
Vernon Midgley, Michael Dore, Michael Magee, Robert Fardell, and
the London Sinfonietta Chorus with the London Sinfonietta
conducted by John McGlinn)
You Understand Me So (cut):
1. Kurt Weill Revisited,
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108 (Chita Rivera)
Other Songs:
Baby (cut) (same music as
"A Little Swing For Swinging" but not used in STREET SCENE)
Can't We Have A Rally? (cut)
Cop's Lament (cut)
Cop's Serenade (cut)
Csardas (cut)
Drinking Song (cut)
Economic (reprise) (cut)
Finale (Reality)
Green-Up Time (early version)
Green-Up Time (dance)
A Home Of Our Own (cut)
Introduction To Mr. Right (aka Miss Ideal Man)
Is It Him Or Is It Me? (early version)
Love (early version of The Women's Club Blues)
The Magician (cut)
Mother's Getting Nervous
Mother's Getting Nervous (dance)
Mr. Right And Mrs. Dream (cut)
Murder at the Museum (cut)
Prologue
Punch And Judy Get A Divorce (ballet)
Reality! (cut)
There's Nothing Left For Daddy (But The Rhumba) (cut)
Viva The Women! (cut)
We're Selling Sunshine (aka Mrs. Illusion's Minstrel Show) (cut)
We're Taking Over Now (cut)
Where Do I Belong? (cut)
Women's Club Blues
Women's Club Blues (dance)