The old stories are often the most enduring and best stories.

Such is the case with the musical, “She Loves Me,” through Sept. 14, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope. The Aug. 16 opening night performance was seen for this review.

“She Loves Me” returns us to the bygone days of snail mail and the Perfumerie in Budapest, Hungary, circa 1934.

Amalia Balash (Elena Shaddow) and Georg Nowack (Andrew Leeds) work side by side in the perfume shop. Their sights, hearts and minds are set on others. Each has a pen pal, whom they hope becomes more than a pal.

The letters reach their destination. Amalia and Georg, who plan to meet at a restaurant, do but don’t.

The plot is not so much that of mistaken identity as that of no identify. The stamp-crossed lovers don’t know that they are writing letters to each other. It’s one of the great plot devices.

The charade informs humorous dialogue and romantic songs in “She Loves Me,” a nostalgic, entertaining and wistfully wonderful musical at Bucks Playhouse.

“She Loves Me” has solid pedigree, with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1963, receiving five Tony Award nominations, winning one Tony (featured actor, musical: Jack Cassidy).

The Broadway production had and the Bucks production has orchestrations by Don Walker, a founder of Bucks County Playhouse.

Bock and Harnick went on to win A Tony, composer and lyricst, “Fiddler on the Roof” (1964). Masteroff went on to write the book for “Cabaret” (1968) with lyrics and music by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

“She Loves Me” is the third adaptation of the play, “Parfumerie” (1937), by Miklós László, which became the movie comedy-drama, “The Shop Around the Corner” (1948), starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart, and the movie musical, “In the Good Old Summertime” (1949), starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson. The fourth adaptation was the film comedy-drama, “You’ve Got Mail” (1998), starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

One envisions the world of bots, deep fakes and AI yielding yet another interpretation. Indirectly, it’s been done in the film, “Her” (2013), starring Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix.

“She Loves Me” at Bucks Playhouse supersedes many of the iterations on several levels.

The Bucks production director and choreographer Denis Jones (two-time Tony nominee, “Holiday Inn,” “Tootsie”) wisely retains the setting, costumes and the mores of the original play’s 1934 Hungary. This gives the actors the confidence to play the story and songs straight from the heart, providing memorable and unapologetic moments of believable romance interspersed with over-the-top humor.

“A Romantic Atmosphere,” with wacky dance moves, and sung by Patrick Richwood (Headwaiter), whose beaming face and bright eyes linger long after the curtain falls, is a dizzying, split-second timing, incredibly speedy ensemble piece.

Elena Shaddow as Amalia displays the temerity of new love in the solo number, “Will He Like Me?,” with shimmering confidence giving way to wobbly self-doubt from verse to chorus.

Shaddow, with an operatic voice, renders the lovely “Dear Friend” as an art song, an anthem filled with wonderment and resignation.

Kennedy Kanagawa as Arpad Laszlo is a scene-stealer, and not only because of the bicycle he rides in on. Kanagawa is full-on riveting as he makes his case in the Act II opening number “Try Me.”

Kate Rockwell, the show’s other standout female vocalist, reveals a delightful comedic side as Ilona Ritter, especially in the coquettish “A Trip to the Library.”

Andrew Leeds as Georg gives the title song, “She Loves Me,” clearly the show’s most identifiable song, a grand flourish as he cavorts enthusiastically across the stage.

The cast includes Clyde Voce (Steven Kodaly), Phillip Hoffman (Mr. Maraczek), Brian Ray Norris (Ladislav Sipos).

Also: Lizz Picini, Nigel Jamal Hall, Nik Hagen, Sissy Bell, Liam Johnson, Candice Hatakeyama and Stella Schwartz.

Jacob Carli is Music Director. The 11-piece orchestra, in its usual place in the Playhouse pit sky box (my description) with superb violin and trumpet solos, provides wonderful accompaniment throughout. Sound Design is by Ien DeNio.

The set is fully-realized by Scenic Designer Anna Louizos, with ingenious panels and props. Lighting Designer is Kirk Bookman.

Costume Designer Gregory Gale has given each character spectacular appeal. Hair, Wig & Makeup Design is by J. Jared Janas.

“She Loves You” is a classic production of a classic musical of a classic story at the classic Bucks County Playhouse. It’s an enduring tribute to the power of love and the human spirit.

“She Loves Me,” 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15, 19, 22, 26, 29, Sept. 2, 9, 12; 1:30 p.m., 7:20 p.m. Aug. 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, Sept. 4, 6, 11, 13; 1:30 p.m. Aug. 17, 20, 24, 27, 31, Sept. 3, 7, 10, 14; 7 p.m. Sept. 5, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope. 215-862-2121, https://bcptheater.org/