In My Life
A romantic musical comedy. Book, music and lyrics by: Joe Brooks
Music Box Theatre, Broadway. Opened 20th October, 2005. Closed 11th December, 2005 (23 previews; 61 perfs)
Synopsis:
A romantic musical comedy about two young lovers who are unwitting participants in God's first reality opera.
A musician with Tourette’s syndrome, and a journalist with obsessive compulsive disorder, meet at a grocery store - with some help from Above - and begin an unlikely, and slightly dysfunctional, romance that proves that life’s greatest affliction is the one they share – true love.
Musical Numbers
- Life Turns on a Dime
- It Almost Feels Like Love
- Perfect for an Opera
- What a Strange Life We Live
- Doomed,
- What a Strange Life We Live (reprise)
- Sempre Mio Rimani
- I Am My Mother's Son
- Volkswagen
- What a Strange Life We Live (reprise)
- Headaches
- When I Sing, Secrets #1
- In My Life
- A Ride on the Wheel
- Perfect for an Opera (reprise)
- Didn't Have to Love You
- When She Danced,
- Volkswagen (reprise)
- Not This Day
- Floating on Air
- Not This Day (reprise)
- On This Day
- In My Life (reprise)
- Life Turns on a Dime (reprise)
Scenes and Settings:
- New York and Heaven, now.
Cast
- Vera
- J.T.
- Jenny
- Winston
- AI
- Samantha
- Liz
- Nick
Instrumentation
- keyboards; guitar; bass; drums