I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, to end its 12-year run on 27 Jul 2008

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is set to close on 27 Jul 2008 at the Westside Theatre. The production will have played a total of 5,003 performances and 20 previews, making it the second longest-running musical in Off-Broadway history after 'The Fantasticks.'

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change opened at the Westside Theatre on 1 Aug 1996, following previews from 15 Jul, where it was selling tickets through to 10 Aug 2008.

The musical comedy has surpassed the Broadway runs of such musicals as 'My Fair Lady,' 'Annie,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Grease,' 'Man of La Mancha,' '42nd Street,' 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'The Producers,' and 'Hello, Dolly!' It is also the longest-running show ever in Denver, Dallas, South Florida, and Rochester.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is also the longest-running show ever in Denver, Dallas, South Florida, and Rochester. The show has received eight international Best Musical awards.

Additional productions of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change have been mounted in more than 400 cities worldwide including Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, London, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Sydney, Prague, Seoul, Milan, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, Dublin, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing. The hit musical has been translated into 11 different languages.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is a joyride through the spectrum of male-female relationships: dating, friendship, love and marriage.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is also the most proposal-friendly show in town. Sixty-one times, a young man has taken the stage to make a surprise proposal to his sweetheart. In all cases, the brides-to-be happily accepted as the audience roared with approval.

Directed by Joel Bishoff, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change currently features Anne Bobby, Christy Faber, Jonathan Rayson and Frank Vlastnik, portraying over 60 roles in a varied collection of scenes and songs.

The show is written by playwright/lyricist Joe DiPietro and composer Jimmy Roberts. The musical is produced by James Hammerstein Productions, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard.

Set design by Neil Peter Jampolis, costume by Candice Donnelly, lighting by Mary Louise Geiger and sound by Sound by Duncan Edwards.