[3] The show was directed by Harold Prince with musical staging by Patricia Birch and starred Michael Cerveris as Kurt Weill, Donna Murphy as Lotte Lenya, David Pittu as Bertolt Brecht and John Scherer as George Davis.

The ensemble included Judith Blazer, Edwin Cahill, Herndon Lackey, Erik Liberman, Ann Morrison, Graham Rowat, Rachel Ulanet and Jessica Wright.

"[4] Ben Brantley, reviewing for The New York Times, wrote: "Two luminous, life-infused portraits glow from within a dim, heavy frame at the Biltmore Theater, where LoveMusik opened last night.

This bio-musical about the marital and professional relationship of the German-born composer Kurt Weill and the actress Lotte Lenya, directed by Harold Prince, is sluggish, tedious and (hold your breath) unmissable—at least for anyone who cherishes stars who mold songs into thrilling windows of revelation.

They are immediately attracted to each other and their subsequent romance and marriage follow the course of events in pre-World War II Germany.

Now in the United States, Weill has successful musicals produced on Broadway, such as Lady in the Dark, and also spends time in California.