FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New York City Center announces casting for 2025 Encores! series
Kate Baldwin and Nicholas Christopher join Love Life
New Encores! subscriptions on sale to members now
AUGUST 6, 2024 (NEW YORK, NY)—NEW YORK CITY CENTER today announced casting for the 2025 Encores! series. Joining the cast of Love Life are Tony nominee Kate Baldwin as Susan Cooper and Nicholas Christopher as Sam Cooper, last seen at City Center in Jelly’s Last Jam.
Directed by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, with choreography by JoAnn Hunter, and music direction by Rob Berman, Love Life will run from March 26 through 30, 2025. Originally set for the 2019–2020 season but canceled due to the Covid-19 shutdown, this rarely seen 1948 collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner depicts over two centuries of American history through the eyes of a family who never ages. The musical explores the epic and intimate aspects of a marriage through a juxtaposition of heartfelt scenes and satirical vaudeville acts, and is considered the first “concept musical,” inspiring theater favorites like Cabaret, Chicago, and Company.
Additional casting for Encores! will be announced at a later date. Casting for Love Life is by The Telsey Office.
Expanding City Center’s mission to make the arts accessible to everyone, the run of Love Life includes a performance offering ASL Interpretation on March 30 at 7pm. For additional information visit NYCityCenter.org. The City Center Access Club is available to those 40 years of age and under and offers a limited number of $28 tickets (fees included) to City Center productions. For more information and to sign up, visit NYCityCenter.org/Access.
The 2025! Encores! season includes Urinetown, February 5 – 16, 2025; Love Life; and The Wild Party, April 30 – May 11, 2025.
Encores! Subscriptions, Tickets, and General Information
New Encores! subscriptions for members are available now and for the general public starting August 20. Subscriptions may be purchased for the first week of two-week engagements. Encores! single tickets go on sale to members October 1 and to the general public on October 8.
Tickets from $45 (fees included) can be purchased online at NYCityCenter.org, by calling 212.581.1212, or in person at the City Center Box Office (reopening Aug 19). New York City Center is located at 131 W 55th St between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Casting subject to change.
Encores!
Love Life
Mar 26 – 30, 2025
Wed – Fri | 7:30pm
Sat 2 & 7:30pm (New curtain time) | Sun 2 & 7pm
Post-Show Talkback: Sat, Mar 29, 2pm
ASL Interpreted Performance: Sun, Mar 30, 7pm
Music and Lyrics by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner
Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Choreographer JoAnn Hunter
Featuring The Encores! Orchestra
Guest Music Director Rob Berman
Director Victoria Clark
Featuring Kate Baldwin and Nicholas Christopher
Leadership Support for Encores! provided by the Stacey and Eric Mindich Fund for Musical Theater.
Support for the Ann Reinking Encores! Choreography Fellowship is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Peter Talbert in honor of Ann Reinking.
Major support for New York City Center provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Encores! Season Sponsors The Shubert Foundation and the Stephanie and Fred Shuman Fund for Encores!.
Major Support for Encores! Love Life is provided by Robbie Moray and Scott Dunn, Eleanor and Howard Morgan, and the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.
Support for Encores! score restoration is provided by Bruce C. Horten
Additional Support for Encores! is provided by Allen & Co, Margot and John Ernst, The Kaplen Brothers Fund, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation, Daryl and Steven Roth, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Joanna and Steven Sanders, The SHS Foundation, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, and the Marta Heflin Foundation.
Encores! Love Life is presented under license from European American Music Distributors Company, on behalf of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and the Alan Jay Lerner Testamentary Trust.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER (Michael S. Rosenberg, President & CEO) has played a defining role in the cultural life of the city for more than 80 years. The distinctive Neo-Moorish building was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1943 as Manhattan’s first performing arts center with the mission of making the best in theater, dance, and music accessible to all audiences. This commitment continues today through celebrated dance and musical theater series like the Fall for Dance Festival, Artists at the Center, the Tony-honored Encores! series, and the annual season by Principal Dance Company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. City Center welcomes audiences to experience internationally acclaimed artists including Kyle Abraham, Matthew Bourne, Ayodele Casel, Manhattan Th
eatre Club, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Twyla Tharp, on the same stage where legends made their mark. Dedicated to a culture built on the values of curiosity, collaboration, accessibility, and inclusivity, City Center’s dynamic programming, art exhibitions, and studio events are complemented by a full slate of education and community engagement programs that bring the performing arts to thousands of New York City students, teachers, and families every year. NYCityCenter.org
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