The show told the story of a married couple, Sam and Susan Cooper, who never age as they progress from 1791 to 1948, encountering difficulties in their marriage (and thus the very fabric of marriage) as they struggle to cope with changing social mores. One of the earliest examples of the concept musical, the action of Love Life was interspersed with vaudeville-style numbers that commented on the story, in a way very similar to Cabaret (which opened in 1966).
The Locker Room Boys [Cut and Replaced with Madrigal Singers]
The Locker Room - Locker Room Boys
Farewell Again
I Remember It Well (Reprise) - Sam and Susan
Is It Him or Is It Me? - Susan
The All-American Puppet Ballet Present Punch and Judy Get A Divorce
Prologue - Punch, Judy, Lawyer, Judge, Bell Hop, Correspondent
Courtroom - The same in addition to Two Lawyers, Flighty Pair, and Speedy Pair
Family Trio (Green Up-Time) - Child, Father, and Mother
Hep Cats (Economics) - Hep Cats
A Hotel Room
This Is The Life - Sam
The Minstrel Show
Here I'll Stay (Reprise) - Interlocutor
We're Sellin' Sunshine - Interlocutor and Minstrels
Introduction - Interlocutor, Sam, Susan, and Minstrels
Madame Zuzu - Miss Horoscope and Miss Mysticism
Takin' No Chances - Mr. Cynic
Mr. Right (Introduction) - Miss Ideal Man
Mr. Right - Susan
Finale Ultimo - Sam and Susan
No official cast recording of Love Life has ever been made; a strike at the time of the original production prevented preserving the original cast of this show, as also happened with Where's Charley?, which opened four days later, on Oct. 11, 1948.
The song "I Remember it Well" is the original version of a lyric Lerner revised for use in the 1958 film, Gigi.