LoveMusik

LoveMusik
Poster for LoveMusik
MusicKurt Weill
LyricsVarious
BookAlfred Uhry
BasisLives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya
Productions2007 Broadway
2016 Buenos Aires

LoveMusik is a musical written by Alfred Uhry, using a selection of music by Kurt Weill. The story explores the romance and lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, based on Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, edited and translated by Lys Symonette and Kim H. Kowalke.[1] Harold Prince had read Speak Low and suggested the idea for a musical to Uhry. Uhry and Prince worked on LoveMusik for four years to develop it into a stage work.[2] The story spans over 25 years, from the first meeting of Lenya and Weill as struggling young artists, to their popularity in Europe and America, to Weill's death from a heart attack at age 50.

  1. ^ Kurt Weill; Lotte Lenya (1996). Lys Symonette; Kim H. Kowalke (eds.). Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520078536.
  2. ^ Article from NPR.com