The Chromolume Theatre at The Zephyr on Melrose in Los Angeles has announced a season of musicals for 2025.
Kicking off in February is the off-Broadway hit I Love You Because by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham. Marry Me A Little (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman René), will follow in June during the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Next is The Bridges of Madison County (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, book by Marsha Norman) in July. And concluding the Chromolume season is Passion (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine) in November.
I Love You Because is set in modern-day New York. It is based on Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. The show received its New York premiere off-Broadway in 2006 and subsequently had productions in the UK, Australia, and Canada. I Love You Because will open February 28 and run through March 16.
Marry Me A Little sets songs cut from Sondheim’s better-known musicals to a dialogue-free plot about the relationship between two lonely New York single people, who are in emotional conflict during an evening in their separate one-room apartments. Despite knowing of the other’s existence, they never get up the courage to talk to each other. Though they imagine what such an encounter might be like. Marry Me A Little is part of the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival in June.
The Bridges of Madison County is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by James Waller about a forbidden love affair between a photographer and a housewife that changes them forever. The show premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2013. With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Marsha Norman, it ran on Broadway in 2014. The show garnered four Tony Award nominations and won two for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations. The Bridges of Madison County will run from July 18–August 3.
Passion is a one act musical adapted from Ettore Scola’s film Passione d’Amore, itself adapted from the novel Fosca by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti. Set in Risorgimento-era Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by his obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel’s homely, ailing cousin. Passion is notable for being one of the few projects that Stephen Sondheim himself conceived (along with Sweeney Todd and Road Show). After opening on Broadway in 1994, it was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning four, including Best Musical. Passion is set to run November 14–30.
Season and Single Tickets Are Available
Chromolume Theatre season tickets are $90 for three shows and $105 including the Hollywood Fringe production.
Single tickets are $40 each ($20 each for Marry Me A Little).
They are on sale now and may be purchased online at www.chrtheatre.com.
The Zephyr Theatre is located at 7456 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, 90046.
About Chromolume Theatre
At its inception, Chromolume Theatre’s primary mission was to present the American musical on an intimate level in an entertaining, intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying way.
With growth and change, Chromolume Theatre’s mission has evolved. Its new dedication is to present Broadway’s forgotten gems and off-Broadway’s undiscovered treasures. Chromolume aims to shine a light on productions that deserve a second look.
Chromolume Theatre’s mission is also to provide opportunity for artists to shine who have not had such an opportunity in the past, as well as a dedication to diverse and multi-cultural casts and crews.
