Triumph of Love

A delightfully tongue-in-cheek musical adaptation of Marivaux’s classic French farce, Triumph of Love features inhabitants of a fairy-tale kingdom where love puts perfectly sensible people into utterly preposterous situations – not to mention fabulous period gowns and massive hair.

Two hard-nosed philosophers hide their nephew in a sequestered garden until he can take his place as the rightful prince of Sparta. Headstrong Princess Léonide stumbles in and falls madly in love with the clueless young man – unaware that he is her sworn enemy, plotting to usurp her throne. What’s a girl to do? This one cheats, lies about her past, dons disguises – and even cross-dresses as a man – all to be near the one she loves. Mistaken identity, multiple disguises and conniving servants straight out of commedia del’arte contribute to the bawdy shenanigans, as the philosophers learn the hard way that love conquers all. Book by Stephen
Magruder, music by Jeffrey Stock and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead.