I lied. I said I was going to wait until previews were over to post the LoveMusik abridge. I figured I wanted to wait to see how the previews went and what they changed before opening night. But let's face it; I'm not willing to pay for this one again.

This should have been a good idea. The choice to confine it to the love story was a good one, and some moments work incredibly well. I really wanted to like this. It just wasn't ready yet. I don't imagine that quick fixes during previews can save it.

I can imagine some director getting the rights to LoveMusik one day and...

• Doing it in a small blackbox.
  
• Getting rid of the scenery; keeping it simple.
• Cutting out all of the chorus numbers
• If keeping the chorus at all, then having them always onstage in the background, like a Schmidt/Jones musical.
• Cutting any scenes that don't have to do with Lenya or Kurt Weill.
• Adding Pirate Jenny in the two spots that they obviously are supposed to go into.
• Making it a 90 minute intermission-less one-act.

Great performances by both Cerveris and Murphy, though.