Georg opposite Caitlin Berry as Amalia, with Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Maraczek. The production was directed by Erin James. Characters and original cast Cancelled film adaptation MGM bought the screen rights for the musical in 1967 with plans to make it into a film starring Julie Andrews and to be directed by Harold Prince. After a year of delays, MGM moved forward with the film with a revised production in 1969. Julie Andrews was still set to play Amalia; however Blake Edwards was now set to direct. Dick Van Dyke was strongly considered for the role of Georg which would have reunited Andrews and Van Dyke for the first time since Mary Poppins in 1964. Maurice Chevalier was among those considered for the role of Maraczek. Production was well underway when Kirk Kerkorian bought MGM and installed James T. Aubrey Jr. to run the studio to make sweeping changes. With a major company restructuring and focus shifting to more youth oriented films and the musical was among the many projects abruptly dropped. Awards and nominations Original Broadway production 1993 Broadway revival 1994 London revival 2016 Broadway revival References External links She Loves Me at the Music Theatre International website Information from the Musical Heaven website 1963 musicals Broadway musicals Christmas musicals Musicals based on plays Musicals by Jerry Bock Musicals by Sheldon Harnick Plays set in the 1930s Tony Award-winning musicals Budapest in fiction