LoveMusik: extends its run by one week

The Manhattan Theatre Club's production of LoveMusik, extends its run by one week. The musical, which was to close on 17 Jun 2007, will now run through to 24 Jun 2007. The musical opened at the Biltmore Theatre on 3 May 2007, following previews from 12 Apr.

LoveMusik charts the love story of Kurt Weill and his love, wife and muse, Lotte Lenya.

The musical, directed by Harold Prince, stars Michael Cerveris as Kurt Weill and Donna Murphy as Lotte Lenya, and also features David Pittu as Bertolt Brecht and John Scherer as George Davis. Completeing the cast is Judith Blazer, Edwin Cahill, Herndon Lackey, Erik Liberman, Ann Morrison, Graham Rowat, Rachel Ulanet and Jessica Wright.

LoveMusik features the music of Kurt Weil and has a book by Alfred Uhry who has won two Tony Awards - Best Book of a Musical for Parade (1999) and Best Play for The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997). He won the Pulitzer award for Drama in 1988 for his play Driving Miss Daisy.

The musical features set design by Beowulf Boritt, with costumes by Judith Dolan, lighting by Howell Binkley and sound by Duncan Edwards.