Two performers stand together on a colorful set while a pianist plays nearby.

2010 · Provincetown Playhouse, New York University

Liebeslieder Waltzes

An ensemble gathers on a festive set scattered with red flower petals.

An adaptation of Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzer that treats the song cycle as an evolving theatrical portrait of attraction, partnership, and romantic expectation, all set in a high school prom.

A man steps through metallic streamers beneath projected text.

Two women sit together at a table on a festive set under purple light.

Two women sit at a table on a brightly lit set decorated with streamers and balloons.

A lone man stands amid red flower petals beneath a screen of projected text.

Presentations

2010: Provincetown Playhouse, New York University · New York City

Director: Michael Rau
Music Director: Grant Wenaus
Assistant Music Director: John Spencer

Performer: Josh Bailey
Performer: Rivers Hawkins
Performer: Marie Putko
Performer: Herman Leptz
Performer: Kate Roosa
Performer: Emily Rose
Performer: Abigail Sparling
Performer: Joseph Turro