| LoveMusik | |
|---|---|
 Poster for LoveMusik | |
| Music | Kurt Weill |
| Lyrics | Various |
| Book | Alfred Uhry |
| Basis | Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya |
| Productions | 2007 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Article from NPR.com