She Loves Me

Amalia and Georg work together in a Hungarian perfume store and cannot stand each other. Him thinks she is stuck and she thinks he is arrogant.
But the two write letters to a correspondent when the work day is over. But they do not know that they are each other's secret correspondent.
Will Georg and Amalia discover the truth?

A television version of the 1978 show is available in full on Youtube.

Find the performance at the 2016 Tony Awards:

General information
  • Style : Romance, Comedy
  • Theme : Love, Comedy, 30s
  • year of creation : 1963
Music
  • Composer : Jerry Bock
  • Lyricist :Sheldon Harnick
  • Librettist :Joe Masteroff
  • Author (other) : Miklos Laszlo
  • famous songs : "Prelude" / "Good Morning, Good Day" "Sounds While Selling" "Thank You, Madam" "Days Gone By" "No More Candy" "Three Letters" "Tonight at Eight" "I Don't Know His Name ""Perspective" "Goodbye Georg" "Will He Like Me?" "Ilona" "I Resolve" "A Romantic Atmosphere" "Mr. Nowack, Will You Please?" "Dear Friend" "Entr'acte" "Try Me" "Where's My Shoe?" "Vanilla Ice Cream" "She Loves Me" "A Trip to the Library" "Grand Knowing You" "Twelve Days to Christmas" "Finale"
  • Famous performers : Barbara Cook, Anne Rogers, Judy Kuhn, Ruthie Henshall, Kelli O'Hara, Laura Benanti, Scarlett Strallen, Daniel Massey, Zachary Levy, Jane Krakowski, Jack Cassidy, Gavin Creel.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : The musical is based on the play "Parfumerie" by Miklós László which gave rise to three films: "The Shop Around the Corner" in 1940, "In the Good Old Summertime" in 1949 and "You've Got Mail" in 1998.
  • Exists in film : There are three films that have the same plot but none of them are musical. However, the stage version was filmed in 2016 and is available on Broadway HD. In 1978 the BBC also premiered a television version of the musical which is available on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db_HreIe5pY
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The show won 1 Tony in 1964, another in 1994 as well as 2 Drama Desk Awards, the transfer to London won 5 Olivier Awards. Then in 2016, won 1 Tony, 4 Drama Desk Awards and 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards.
  • Number of years on display : 1
  • Number of performances : 354
Currently on stage