It"s hard not to feel a little embittered by the fate of Amour when you see the junk that spends years on Broadway. Composer Michel Legrand and lyricist Didier van Cauwelaert"s delightful show (Le Passe Muraille in the original French version) closed after a woefully short run in the fall of 2002, yet it had enough dedicated fans that it scored a handful of Tony nominations and ended up being recorded. The sung-through score, which tells the story of a meek civil servant who discovers he can pass through walls, is unfailingly inventive and catchy. The overture, for instance, is full of the poppy ba-ba-ba"s familiar to fans of Legrand"s scores for the "60s musicals The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort. The songs are done in chanson, musette, waltz and other very French styles, and the cast (led by Malcolm Gets and Melissa Errico) delivers them with wit and panache. This is the very example of a worthy show that can get a second life thanks to its recordings. --Elisabeth Vincentelli