Love/Life

_Love Life_, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, depicts a love story that takes place over 200 years of American history, through the eyes of a couple who never ages, played by Kate Baldwin (_Hello, Dolly!_) and Nicholas Christopher (Encores! _Jelly’s Last Jam_). This rarely staged production is directed by Tony winner Victoria Clark (_Kimberly Akimbo_) and explores the epic and intimate aspects of a marriage through a juxtaposition of heartfelt scenes and satirical vaudeville acts.   <br> When _Love Life_ arrived on Broadway in 1948, Weill called it "an entirely new form of theater." While it wasn't a smash hit at the time, many of the most famous and influential names in musical theater history point to Love Life as the first concept musical, an inspiration for musical theater favorites such as _Cabaret, Chicago_, and _Company_.