Amour
Opening Night: October 20, 2002
Closing: November 3, 2002
Theater: Music Box Theatre
James Lapine directs the New York premiere of Amour, based on a story by Marcel Amyé, with book & lyrics by Didier van Cauwelaert. The English adaptation is by Jeremy Sams, and music is by Michel Legrand. The musical takes place in 1950s Paris. A minor civil servant finds his life transformed by a magical ability to walk through walls. Malcolm Gets and Melissa Errico star.
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October 21, 2002
Even charming is too weighty a word to describe the wispy appeal of ”Amour,” the twinkling trinket of a musical from the French pop composer Michel Legrand, which opened last night at the Music Box Theater.
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Certainly none of the vigorous language usually trotted out for song-filled Broadway diversions — romp, frolic and (heaven forbid) blast — applies to a Gallic slice of whimsy that seems shaped less to stimulate than to soothe. Staged with artful gentleness by James Lapine, ”Amour” is a bedtime story for grown-ups. Weighing in at a slender 90 minutes, it is especially suited to grown-ups who like to see lights out before 11.