Written by: Craig Lucas
Directed by: Daniel Sullivan
Synopsis: Peter and Rita follow their whirlwind courtship with a storybook wedding. After a mysterious elderly man appears and kisses the bride at the wedding, the two lovers are sent on a magical journey that they will never forget. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship and Rita’s nagging doubts, their love is put to the test by unknown forces.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"So while it ends as fairy tales tend to, “Prelude to a Kiss” is steeped in the ache of loss and a sorrowful awareness that life’s joys can be as fleeting as its griefs are unavoidable. It is a romantic comedy of an oddly brokenhearted kind."
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VARIETY:
"There's an intimate and extremely delicate work bouncing about in the cavernous spaces of Daniel Sullivan's Broadway revival of "Prelude to a Kiss." It takes a gossamer-light touch to achieve the play's magical balance and coax forth the sorrowful subtext beneath the eccentric fantasy. That touch is the domain here mainly of the wonderful John Mahoney, whose tender performance is the Roundabout production's chief reward."
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NEW YORK POST :
""Prelude to a Kiss" is a fun play but also oddly, unexpectedly, moving. It even has a moral relevant to our times: "Never wish for anything you're not prepared to receive."
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NEW YORK SUN:
"Even when the plot mechanics show their age, or when Mr. Lucas settles for an easy laugh, Mr. Sullivan and his extraordinarily nuanced cast conjure a modern-day fairy tale in which love and loss amplify each other with stinging melancholy."
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NEWSDAY:
"For anyone who missed the original Broadway run, the 1992 movie with Meg Ryan and Baldwin, or later stagings around the country, there may still be surprise in the hairpin turns and supernatural twists that Lucas plots with such unpretentious appeal. Even without the original star power and suspense, this modern fairy tale has a few secrets left to share about beauty, rot and the soul-deep implications of "for better or for worse."
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