Prelude to a Kiss was first commissioned by South Coast Repertory, where it premiered on 15 January 1988. A revised version with Alec Baldwin as Peter premiered on 14 March 1990. The play then moved to Broadway, as the Helen Hayes Theatre, open on 1 May 1990, starring Timothy Hutton, Mary-Louis Parker and Bernard Hughes in the lead roles.

The play's title comes from a 1938 Duke Ellington-Irving Gordon-Irving Mills song. It has been sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. "How my love song gently cries/ For the tenderness within your eyes/ My love is a prelude that never dies/ My prelude to a kiss."

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Cast:
Ken Low
Rina Ong
Melvyn Chew
Casey Lim
Surash Pillai
Irene Lim
Tony Yeow
Charlie Tan
Koh Chieng Mun
Derek Sze
Wendi Tan
Tan Joo Lett
Celine Teo

Producer: Mary Loh
Set Designer: Poon Hin Kong
Lighting Designer: Thio Lay Hoon
Original Music: Ken Low, Edison Lauw
Stage Managers: Gail Perera, Martin Lim

Wedding Gown: Lin Weng Kai
Selected Wardrobe: Daimaru
Hair & Make-up: The Hair Shop
Special Effects Make-up: Kit Yong
Flower Arrangement: Greeting Cuts

Production Assistant: Lorraine Paul
Ticketing: Susanne Loh, Audrey Tsoi
Costume Coordinator: Sylvia Lim, Peter Zewet
Stage Crew:
John Sim
Norman Lim
Selina Kuo
Chua Sher Ren
Judy Leong
Oeu Ek Siang
Lin Wenjie
Lighting Operator: Wang Ruijun
Sound: Elaine Lim, Shireen Choo

Publicity Assistants: Michelle Bong, Juliana Chong, Kenneth Wee
Front of House: Lee Chin Chye

(Source: ACTION Theatre Programme)