Home Sweet Homer
Palace Theatre
Previews Began: December 26, 1975
Opening Night: January 4, 1976
Closing Night: January 4, 1976
Musi: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Forman Brown
Charles Burr
Book: Roland Kibbee
Albert Marre
The Greek warrior Odysseus makes a ten-year journey home to his faithful wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, in this musical adaptation of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey.”
MUSICAL NUMBERS
The Sorceress………………………………Penelope, Suitors
The Departure…………………Odysseus, Dektai Evdomi
Home Sweet Homer…………………………………Odysseus
The Ball……………………………..Nausikaa, Handmaidens
How Could I Dare to Dream….Odysseus, Telemachus
I Never Imagined Goodbye………………………..Penelope
Love Is the Prize………………………………………Odysseus
Penelope’s Hand……………………………………….Antinous
He Will Come Home Again…………………..Telemachus
Did He Really Think………………………………….Penelope
I Was Wrong……………………………………………Odysseus
The Rose………………………………………………….Penelope
Tomorrow…………………………………….Antinous, Suitors
The Contest………………………..Odysseus, Telemachus,
Antinous, Suitors
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Yul Brynner Odysseus
Joan Diener Penelope
Russ Thacker Telemachus
John Aristides Pimteus
Daniel Brown Eurymachus
Diana Davila Nausikaa
Brian Destazio Leokritos
Les Freed Polybos
Darel Glaser Kerux
Bill Mackey Ktesippos
P.J. Mann Dektai Evdomi
Bill Nabel Melios
Shev Rodgers King Alkinoos
Cecile Santos Melantho
Suzanne Sponsler Therapina
Ian Sullivan Pilokrates
Christine Uchida Hippodameia
Martin Vidnovic Antinous
Swing: Linda Byrne
Standby: Karen Shepard (Penelope)