
The Day Before Spring (1945, Lerner & Loewe) - repro
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Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s early, highly sophisticated 1945 musical romance 'The Day Before Spring' opened to critical adulation at the National Theatre, running for a successful 165 performances. The elegant, literate plot centers on Katherine, a conventional married woman who attends her ten-year college alumna reunion, collapsing into an emotional crisis when she encounters her old college flame, a charismatic writer who has just published a global best-selling romantic novel based explicitly on their unfulfilled youthful affair. Directed by Edward Padula with balletic choreography by Antony Tudor, the original golden-era production starred Irene Manning and John Archer.

