Also aired on PBS Great Performances on 20 Oct 2017
A story of 2 combative shop clerks, Amalia and Georg, who are not aware that they are the recipients of each other's secret love letters.
Director: David Horn
Stars: Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Gavin Creel, Byron Jennings, Jane Krakowski, Nicholas Barasch.
Warren Carlyle ... choreographer
Watched on PBS Passport, available through 20Oct20.
2 songs in the Soundtracks, many more in the show, both Written by Jerry Bock (as Jerry Boch) and Sheldon Harnick. All the songs in the '78 version are also written by this team. The song She Loves Me felt very familiar.
This is a filmed live stage performance.
This is a remake of the film (and antecedent Hungarian play) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (my rating 5, long prior to my Note-taking), which was also remade as In the Good Old Summertime (1949), 6 and You've Got Mail (1998), 8-.
I like this much better than the British version She Loves Me (1978), 6, although the numeric rating doesn't indicate it. My rating on the '16 version reflects the fact that I don't love the story/show (the premise that people who irritate each other are actually in love really makes me cringe), but the performances here were more enjoyable than '78's.
This is the show where JK (b. '68) gets dragged across the floor while in full splits.
Rated 8.9 (299)
BroadwayHD, dir. Horn; 6
BTW, found BroadwayHD online, and it's expensive: $15 for a single-viewing rental, subscription is $9/mo, and they have a Free Trial period (7 days?). Accessing via Amazon is a separate subscription.
