Oh, L'amour

Finally, Broadway is getting a musical that's not based on a movie: Amour, by Academy Award—winning composer Michel Legrand, whose swoony score helped make a hit of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). Will the show—about a French civil servant who discovers he can walk through walls—lure audiences away from Hairspray?With Sondheim vet James Lapine directing, the answer is "Bien sûr." Music Box Theater, New York; 800/432-7250. —H. Scott Jolley