Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre Presents She Loves Me at Schuler Performing Arts Center

In this scented case of mistaken identity and letter writing, two feuding perfume clerks have no idea that they are in love.

AWARDS:

-Winner! One 1964 Tony Award
-Winner! One 1994 Tony Award
-Winner! Two 1994 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical
-Winner! Five 1994 Laurence Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival
-Winner! One 1995 Critics Circle Award
-Winner! One 2016 Tony Award
-Winner! Four 2016 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical
-Winner! Four 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical
-Winner! One 2016 Astair Award

SUMMARY:

Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks, Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don't see eye to eye. After both respond to a "lonely hearts advertisement" in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves... and all the twists and turns along the way!

HISTORY:

An intimate and touching show, featuring music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) and book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret), She Loves Me was nominated for five Tony Awards in 1964. The 1993 Broadway revival won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and the 1994 Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, while the 2016 Broadway Revival snagged the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (beating Hamilton!). Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance. The Mikos Lazlos play Parfuemerie, on which it is based, has inspired many adaptations, including the beloved film You've Got Mail starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963 and ran for 301 performances, was produced in the West End in 1964, and received award-winning revivals on each side of the Atlantic in the 1990s (as well as numerous regional productions). Although the original Broadway run was not a financial success, She Loves Me slowly became a cult classic, and the massively successful 2016 Broadway revival became the first Broadway show ever to be live-streamed.