Here are some effective tips for nurturing a romantic relationship:

Love Life, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, depicts a love story that takes place over 200 years of American history, through the eyes of a couple who never ages, played by Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, OBC). This rarely staged production is directed by Tony winner Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo) and explores the epic and intimate aspects of a marriage through a juxtaposition of heartfelt scenes and satirical vaudeville acts.

When Love Life arrived on Broadway in 1948, Weill called it "an entirely new form of theater." While it wasn't a smash hit at the time, many of the most famous and influential names in musical theater history point to Love Life as the first concept musical, an inspiration for musical theater favorites such as Cabaret, Chicago, and Company.

“Love Life and Allegro were the first concept musicals. They were the first of their kind…Weill’s score is swell, by the way.” — Hal Prince

City Center brings Love Life back to the New York City stage for the first time since its Broadway run over 75 years ago. The show features some of Weill’s most delightful, biting, and melodic numbers, such as “Mr. Right” and “Here I’ll Stay,” which became cabaret standards covered by many, and evoke his iconic work with Bertold Brecht on The Threepenny Opera.

Love Life was originally scheduled as part of the 2020 season of Encores! but the performances were cancelled as a result of the pandemic shutdown. We are thrilled to welcome it back this season!

Spend the whole Saturday afternoon watching romantic movies together.

Visit the mall or go window-shopping together on a weekend while holding hands.

Go out together and enjoy a night out, eat out, watch a movie, and return home late, or sleep in a hotel.

Go to bed and doze-off while cuddling each other.

Watch a photo album, or read a joke book aloud and laugh together.

Read romantic poetry aloud together.

Take your sweetheart to the secret place you used to frequent when you were a kid.

Spend an afternoon or evening in an art gallery holding each other's hands like a romantic couple and pretend you're professional art collectors.

Go and watch a soccer match together on a Saturday afternoon.

Fill-up a basket for your sweetheart with his or her favorite “junk" food.

Surprise your sweatshirt on her birthday with a gift she did not expect like a pair of underpants.

Leave a love note for your sweetheart at a place she did not expect like in her handbag or in her dressing table drawer.

Watch the Olympics or World Cup together over a cup of coffee and cookies or popcorn.

Fix breakfast for your sweetheart when he or she is still asleep.

Slide a romantic note under the coffee mug next to the coffee or tea pot

Randomly say the magic words, “I love you" and surprise your sweetheart without him or her suspecting.

Deliberately leave the magic words “I love you" in the bathroom or wardrobe.

Surprise your sweetheart with a birthday gift with her or his name inscribed on it.

Buy your sweetheart’s favorite ice cream or dessert on your way home.

Go out on a picnic in a private, secluded place, just the two of you, and make sure you carry his/her favorite food, sandwiches, snacks, and a bottle of wine to spice-up the adventure. Spice-up the date by feeding each other.

Decorate the house with your sweetheart's favorite colors and light candles before he or she arrives from a trip.

Send a thank you note or gift after a romantic date; even if you've been married for decades.

Spice-up your sex life by having sex wherever convenient—on the couch, in the bathroom, on the floor, in the kitchen, in the car, in the pool, on the beach, on a picnic, in a hotel, or in a tent, etc.