| Amour | |
|---|---|
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| Music | Michel Legrand |
| Lyrics | Jeremy Sams (English lyrics) Didier Van Cauwelaert (French lyrics) |
| Book | Jeremy Sams (English book) Didier Van Cauwelaert (French book) |
| Basis | Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Aymé |
| Productions | 1997 Paris 2002 Broadway 2019 Off-West End |
Amour is a musical fantasy with an English book and lyrics by Jeremy Sams, music by Michel Legrand, and original French lyrics by Didier Van Cauwelaert, who also wrote the original French libretto.
The musical is adapted from the 1943 short story Le Passe-Muraille by Marcel Aymé and set in Paris shortly after World War II. It centers on a shy, unassuming clerk who develops the ability to walk through walls, and who challenges himself to stick to his moral center and change others' lives, and his own, as a result.