MONMOUTH, Ill. — One of the most heart-warming, endearing and enduring musicals of all time, “She Loves Me,” will be produced by Monmouth College’s Crimson Masque theater organization April 1-4 in Wells Theater.

The curtain will open for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday performance is a 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets, which are $6 for adults, $5 for students and senior citizens and $4 for Monmouth College students, may be reserved by contacting Bill Wallace at 309-457-2374, or billw@monm.edu.

“She Loves Me,” first produced in 1963, is a “sweet show about connections and feuds, first impressions and true love,” says Alisa Roost, assistant professor of speech communication and theater arts and director of the musical.

This heart-warming work by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (the song-writing team of “Fiddler On The Roof”) and Joe Masteroff (the book writer of “Cabaret”) is for those who like happy endings. The story centers on Georg and Amalia, two feuding clerks in a European parfumerie during the 1930s who secretly find solace in their anonymous romantic pen pals. Little do they know that they are each other’s respective correspondents (if you think this sounds like “You’ve Got Mail,” you’re right – the movie is based on the play).

Funny, intelligent, honest and sentimental, “She Loves Me” is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old world elegance and nostalgia, yet as universal and relevant as ever in this age of Internet romances.

Serving as musical director for the Crimson Masque production is senior Kevin Goss of Park Ridge. Assistant director is senior Tom Hill of Chicago. Junior Sara Poggi of Sandwich created the choreography. Roost says the cast of more than three dozen includes students from across the curriculum and involves a significant amount of ensemble work.