Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
This song was the original opening number of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, performed by Prologus and the Proteans. However, it was cut from the show in Connecticut tryouts and replaced by “Comedy Tonight”.
[PROLOGUS, PROTEANS]
Love is in the air
Quite clearly
People everywhere
Act queerly
Wives are at their husbands' service
Virgins are distinctly nervous
Love is going around
Anyone exposed
Can catch it
Keep your window closed
And latch it
Leave your house and lose your reason
This is the contagious season
Love is going around
It's spreading each minute
Throughout the whole vicinit-
Y. Step out and you're in it
With everyone involved
Who can stay uninvolved?
Love is in the air
This morning
Bachelors beware
Fair warning!
My advice to you is gratis
If you wanna keep your status
Stay home, don't take a breath
You could catch your death
'Cause love is around
Love Is in the Air was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Love Is in the Air was produced by Peter E. Jones.
Stephen Sondheim released Love Is in the Air on Tue May 10 2005.
From Sondheim’s Finishing the Hat:
In our final week before coming to New York … we did call in Jerry [Robbins] … his first piece of advice was to change the opening number. It was indeed hummable, he said, and breezy and charming and welcoming and the audience enjoyed it, and it killed everything...