Passion

Passion

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 31, 2005

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Music, Drama

Original Title

Passion

Production Companies

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Director

Lonny Price

Description

Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. Set in 19th century Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.