Amour
Music Box Theatre
Previews Began: September 20, 2002
Opening Night: October 20, 2002
Closing Night: November 3, 2002
Music: Michel Legrand
French Libretto: Didier van Cauwelaert
English Adaptation: Jeremy Sams
In postwar Paris, an unassuming clerk – who secretly pines for his unhappily married neighbor – inexplicably develops the ability to walk through walls.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Opening………………….Dusoleil, Men, Isabelle, Women
Office Life…………………..Bertrand, Madeleine, Claire,
Charles, Dusoleil, Chorus
– Office Life Playoff………………………………….Chorus
Dusoleil Leaves the Office………………………….Dusoleil
Other People’s Stories…………………..Dusoleil, Isabelle
Street Vendors’ Waltz…………………..Dusoleil, Painter,
News Vendor, Whore
Taking Rent/Combo…………….Policemen, Prosecutor,
Isabelle, Dusoleil, Whore,
Street Vendors
– Rent Playoff………………………………………Orchestra
Dusoleil Walks Through the Wall………………..Dusoleil
Dusoeil Is Puzzled……………………………………..Dusoleil
The Doctor’s Song………………………………………..Doctor
The Doctor’s Diagnosis…………………..Doctor, Dusoleil
An Ordinary Guy……………………………Doctor, Dusoleil
Extra, Extra!………………………………………News Vendor
The New Boss Arrives……..Madeline, Charles, Claire,
Betrand
Your Brand New Boss………..Boss, Madeline, Charles,
Claire, Betrand
Dusoleil Insulted……………………………….Boss, Dusoleil
Revenge……………………………Dusoleil, Boss, Ensemble
Bread Song…………………Dusoleil, Isabelle, Prosecutor
The Two Policemen………………………………..Policemen
Somebody…………………………………………………..Isabelle
Prosecutor’s Song…………………………………..Prosecutor
The Whore’s Lament……………………………………Whore
Extra, Extra! (Reprise)……………Whore, News Vendor,
Dusoleil
Monsieur Passepartout………..Dusoleil, News Vendor,
Madeline, Charles, Painter,
Whore, Policemen
Quartet………………………….Madeline, Whore, Painter,
News Vendor
Isabelle’s Song…………………………………………….Isabelle
Dusoleil In Love…………………………….Dusoleil, Isabelle
Act One Finale: Forget It……………….Painter, Dusoleil,
Policemen, Bystanders,
News Vendor
ACT TWO
Java of the Latest News…………News Vendor, Whore,
Communist
– Prison Director’s Song………………Prison Governor
– The Two Prison Guards……………….Prison Guards
Dusoleil In Jail……………………………………………Dusoleil
Madeline and Claire In Love…………..Madeline, Claire
News Vendor On the Radio…………………News Vendor
Dusoleil on the Run……………………………………Dusoleil
Dusoleil Talks To the Painter…………Dusoleil, Painter
Street Painter’s Song…………………………………..Painter
Isabelle On Her Balcony……………Isabelle, Prosecutor
Transformation……………………..Madeline, Claire, Men
The Lawyer’s Plea……………………….President, Lawyer
Trio For Witnesses……………..President, Nun, Whore,
Communist, Prosecutor
Summing Up…………..Prosecutor, President, Dusoleil,
Isabelle, Chorus
Dusoleil Fights Back……………………..Dusoleil, Isabelle,
President, Whore,
Prosecutor
Duet For Dusoleil and Isabelle………Dusoleil, Isabelle,
Chorus
Whistling Ballet……………Dusoleil, Lawyer, President,
Whore, Communist, Nun
Amour………………………………………….Isabelle, Dusoleil
Love’s Hangover………Dusoleil, News Vendor, Doctor
Serenade………………………………………Dusoleil, Isabelle
Dusoleil’s Postlude……………Dusoleil, Isabelle, Chorus
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Melissa Errico Isabelle
Malcolm Gets Dusoleil
Lewis Cleale Charles
Prosecutor
John Cunningham Policeman
Doctor
President of the Tribunal
Christopher Fitzgerald Bertrand
Newsvendor
Advocate
Norm Lewis Painter
Sarah Litzsinger Madeleine
Nora Mae Lyng Claire
Whore
Bill Nolte Policeman
Boss
Understudies: Matthew Bennett (Charles, Policeman, Prosecutor, Doctor, Boss, President of the Tribunal), Christian Borle (Dusoleil, Bertrand, Painter, Newsvendor, Advocate), Jessica Hendy (Isabelle, Claire, Madeleine, Whore), Sarah Litzsinger (Isabelle)