Prelude to a Kiss (musical)

*Prelude to a Kiss*
Prelude to a Kiss
Music	Daniel Messé
Lyrics	Sean Hartley; Daniel Messé
Book	Craig Lucas
Basis	Prelude to a Kiss (play); By: Craig Lucas
Productions	2024 South Coast Rep

Prelude to a Kiss is a stage musical with a book by Craig Lucas, based on his play of the same name that was a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1991.^[1] The show has music by Daniel Messé with lyrics by Messé and Sean Hartley. Lucas and Messé had previously worked together on the musical Amélie.^[2]^[3]

Production history

Southcoast Rep (2024)

In 2020, the musical was announced as part of South Coast Repertory's 2020–2021 season, with a premiere date of May 15, 2021. The original play had also premiered at South Coast Repertory in 1988. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show was postponed. On April 11, 2024, the show had its world premiere.^[4] The show had been commissioned in 2016 by South Coast Rep Artistic Director David Ivers who also serves as director, and was developed in partnership with Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the John D. Lewis Play Development Program. Choreography was done by Julia Rhoades with musical direction and orchestrations by Wiley DeWeese.^[5]

The show will run at Milwaukee Rep from September 10 through October 20, 2024 following the South Coast premiere that is set to close May 4, 2024.^[6]

Original cast and characters

Character	South Coast Rep (2024)
Rita Boyle	Hannah Corneau
Peter Hoskins	Chris McCarrell
Rita's Mom	Karen Ziemba
Rita's Dad	James Moye
Julius Blier	Jonathan Gillard Daly
Leah Blier	Julie Garnyé
Taylor	Jimmie “J.J.” Jeter
Angie	DeAnne Stewart

Musical numbers

Act I

"A Little Light" - Rita, Peter, Taylor, Company
"The Room Where She Doesn't Sleep" - Peter
"I Haven't Slept in Years" - Rita
"Love in the Age of Anxiety" - Rita, Peter, Company
"Whatever My Little Girl Wants" - Rita, Peter, Rita's Mom, Rita's Dad
"Cold Feet" - Rita, Peter
"Drink Up / The Wedding" - Rita, Peter, Company
"Beautiful" - Rita
"Living With a Stranger" - Rita, Peter
"Never Really There* - Rita, Peter, Company

Act II

"Happy Wife, Happy Life/Entropy" - Peter, Rita's Dad, Rita's Mom
"In The Movies" - Peter, Taylor, Company
"A New Life" - Rita, Peter
"A Map of Us" - Peter, Angie, Company
"The Man He Used to Be" - Leah
"This Body" - Peter, Julius
"Not Me" - Rita, Julius
"Finale" - Rita, Peter, Julius, Company

References

^ www.pulitzer.org https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D. Retrieved 2024-04-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Prelude to a Kiss: The Musical". Playbill.
^ "South Coast Repertory Welcomes Back an Old Friend in Musical". Rock 101: Lend A Helping Can. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^ Marchese, Eric (2024-04-05). "'Prelude to a Kiss' Reemerges in a Whole New Form at SCR". Culture OC. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^ "'Prelude to a Kiss' musical, Amy Brenneman lead South Coast Repertory 2020-21 season". Los Angeles Times. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^ "Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical". www.milwaukeerep.com.

External links

Official website

[1] www.pulitzer.org https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/%7B%7Bglobal.pageCanocialUrl%7D%7D. Retrieved 2024-04-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Prelude to a Kiss: The Musical". Playbill.

[3] "South Coast Repertory Welcomes Back an Old Friend in Musical". Rock 101: Lend A Helping Can. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

[4] Marchese, Eric (2024-04-05). "'Prelude to a Kiss' Reemerges in a Whole New Form at SCR". Culture OC. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

[5] "'Prelude to a Kiss' musical, Amy Brenneman lead South Coast Repertory 2020-21 season". Los Angeles Times. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2024-04-22.

[6] "Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical". www.milwaukeerep.com.

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