Mitchell, Brian Stokes

Review: Long-Lost ‘Love Life’ Still Has a Lot to Say About America

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kate Baldwin and other top-shelf singers star in an overly sentimental production of the long-lost Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner show.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Baldwin, Kate Clark, Victoria Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series) Lerner, Alan Jay Love Life (Play) Mitchell, Brian Stokes New York City Center Theater Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Viertel, Jack Weill, Kurt

‘Love Life,’ the Lost Great American Musical, Returns Over 75 Years Later

Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s pioneering “Love Life” was thwarted by circumstance. Now, it is coming to Encores! at New York City Center.

By Joshua Barone

Bening, Annette Black People Black Theater United Burstein, Danny Cantone, Mario Chenoweth, Kristin Creel, Gavin Culture (Arts) De Shields, Andre Goldsberry, Renee Elise Groban, Josh Hells Kitchen (Play) Keys, Alicia LaChanze Lewis, Nichelle (Actor) Lewis, Norm (1963- ) McDonald, Audra Midtown Area (Manhattan, NY) Minorities Mitchell, Brian Stokes Parties (Social) Porter, Billy Race and Ethnicity Rashad, Phylicia Sykes, Ephraim (1985- ) Theater Theater (Broadway) Uggams, Leslie Williams, Schele Williams, Vanessa

Alicia Keys, LaChanze and Billy Porter Celebrate Black Theater

The stage stars were among more than 600 people who turned out for an evening of dinner and performances to benefit Black Theater United.

By Sarah Bahr