Alice by Heart
a new musical
Book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson
Music by Duncan Sheik
Lyrics by Steven Sater
Choreographed by Rick & Jeff Kuperman
Directed by Jessie Nelson
We’re very honored to be the recipients of the Lucille Lortel Award, the Chita Rivera Award, and the Callaway Award for Outstanding Choreography
We’re honored to have been nominated for the Drama Desk for Outstanding Choreography.
Press Excerpts
“Choreographers Rick and Jeff Kuperman deserve major props... The Kupermans’ witty, athletic choreography is the show’s raison d’être, along with Nelson and her designers’ creative use of setting…
...along with the Kupermans — [they create] a terrific Caterpillar out of the whole ensemble packed together in a line, doing creepy-crawly choreography in matching knitted arm-warmers.
Whenever the Kupermans and the actors let loose together, the show takes off...”
“For all of Alice by Heart’s other moving elements, in fact—among them the fittingly dreamy, sinuous choreography, by Rick and Jeff Kuperman…make it transcendent, a term that can still be applied only occasionally to contemporary musicals. Catch it while you can, and prepare to be devastated, and uplifted.”
“Aesthetically, Alice by Heart has stunning moments... Rick and Jeff Kuperman’s imaginative ensemble choreography, which delicately floats above reality — sometimes like a dream, sometimes a nightmare — [is] consistently thrilling to watch.”
