Amour

Music by Michel Legrand
French Libretto by Didier van Cauwelaert
English Adaptation by Jeremy Sams
Directed by James Lapine

The musical is adapted from the 1943 short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Aymé and set in Paris shortly after World War II. It centers on a shy, unassuming clerk who develops the ability to walk through walls, and who challenges himself to stick to his moral center and change others' lives, and his own, as a result.

Amour

The Music Box Theater

September 20, 2002 - November 3, 2002
Ran for 17 Performances and 31 Previews

Photos by Joan Marcus

Awards, Reviews & Features

2003 Tony Awards

Nominated for Best Musical & four other awards

2003 Drama Desk Awards

Nominated for Best Musical and Outstanding Director of a Musical

Nominated for a total of nine awards


“Staged with artful gentleness by James Lapine, ''Amour'' is a bedtime story for grown-ups… the ensemble members are all excellent, of clear and characterful voice, and Mr. Lapine and his sure-handed choreographer, Jane Comfort, have steered them from the dangers of overselling cuteness”

Ben Brantley for The New York Times, 2003