The run closed May 14, 1949
- Opened
- October 7, 1948
- Closed
- May 14, 1949
- Performances
- 252
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Richard Rodgers Theatre
Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 120th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Love Life 1 more that season
| 2005 | Vivian Beaumont Theater Revival · Charles Randolph-Wright | 8 perf. |
Who was in it49 named
Rosalie Alter
Elly Ardelty
Dorothea Berthelson
Lyle Bettger
Bill Bradley
Robert Byrn
Victor Clarke
Jack Claus
Virginia Conwell
Lenn Dale
John Diggs
Nina Frenkin
Janet Gaylord
Elizabeth Gibson
Vincent Gugleotti
Pat Hammerlee
Holly Harris
Jean Kinsella
Mark Kramer
Josephine Lambert
Marie Leidal
Jay Lloyd
Carolyn Maye
Barbara Mccutcheon
Mariane Oliphant
Lily Paget
Arthur Partington
Larry Robbins
Stanley Simmons
Faye Elizabeth Smith
Sylvia Stahlman
David Thomas
Johnny Thompson
Evans Thornton
Gene Tobin
Peggy Turnley
William Veasey
Frank Westbrook
James Young
10 of these 49 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 39 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters4 roles recorded
Nanette Fabray Susan Cooper
Ray Middleton Sam Cooper
Cheryl Archer Elizabeth Cooper
Johnny Stewart Johnny Cooper
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Creative team
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Choreographer
- Michael Kidd
- Producer
- Cheryl Crawford
- Orchestrations
- Kurt Weill
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
- (A previous effort to combine vaudeville within a musical play was the Kurt Weil-Alan Jay Lerner Love Life.) Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 237
- Soon after Chicago’s Broadway opening, Miss Verdon was temporarily replaced by Liza Minnelli because of illness; during the run she was succeeded by Ann Reinking. A previous effort to combine vaudeville within a musical play was the Kurt Weill-Alan Jay Lerner Love Life. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 268
- she never broke into the ranks of legendary leading ladies. However, the critics loved her, and apparently audiences did, too. She just never got lucky with the right Broadway musical, and Love Life , Arms and the Girl , Make a Wish (1951), and Mr. President (1962) were all financial failures with relatively brief Broa… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 28
- Despite its short run, Love Life (1948) was an i Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 144
- The next three shows at the 46th Street received mixed reviews. The first, Love Life (10/7/48; 252 performances), was an underappreciated gem by Alan Jay Lerner (see LERNER AND LOEWE) and Kurt WEILL. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 454
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Love Life at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.