The Apple Tree
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Previews Began: October 5, 1966
Opening Night: October 18, 1966
Closing Night: November 25, 1967
Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Book: Jerry Bock
Sheldon Harnick
Made up of three musical miniatures that can be presented separately, or in any combination, to fill out a theatrical evening. “The Diary of Adam and Eve” is a quirky, touching spin on the tale of the world’s first couple, adapted from Mark Twain’s Extracts from Adam’s Diary. “The Lady or the Tiger?” is a rock and roll fable set in a mythical barbarian kingdom, which explores the fickleness of love. “Passionella” is based on Jules Feiffer’s offbeat Cinderella-story about a chimney sweep whose dreams of being a “glamorous movie star” nearly sabotage her one chance for true love.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Here in Eden…………………………………………….Eve
Feelings………………………………………………….Eve
Eve……………………………………………………..Adam
Friends…………………………………………………..Eve
The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit)………………….Snake
Beautiful, Beautiful World…………………………Adam
It’s a Fish……………………………………………..Adam
Go to Sleep Whatever You Are………………………..Eve
What Makes Me Love Him……………………………..Eve
ACT TWO
I’ll Tell You a Truth………………………………Balladeer
Make Way…………………………King’s Court, King Arik
Forbidden Love (In Gaul)……………..Princess Barbára,
Captain Sanjar
The Apple Tree (Reprise)……………………….Balladeer
I’ve Got What You Want………………..Princess Barbára
Tiger, Tiger……………………………….Princess Barbára
Make Way (Reprise)………………………….King’s Court
Which Door?………….Captain Sanjar, Princess Barbára,
King Arik, King’s Court
I’ll Tell You a Truth (Reprise)…………………..Balladeer
ACT THREE
Oh, to Be a Movie Star…………………………………Ella
Gorgeous……………………………………….Passionella
I Know………………………………Passionella, Company
(Who, Who, Who, Who) Who Is She?………….Company
Wealth………………………………………….Passionella
You Are Not Real……………Flip, the Prince, Charming,
Company
George L……………………………………….Ella, George
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Barbara Harris Eve
(Part 1)
Princess Barbára
(Part 2)
Ella/Passionella
(Part 3)
Alan Alda Adam
(Part 1)
Captain Sanjar
(Part 2)
Flip, the Prince, Charming
(Part 3)
Larry Blyden Snake
(Part 1)
Balladeer
(Part 2)
Narrator
(Part 3)
Carmen Alvarez Nadjira
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Jackie Cronin King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Michael Davis King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Neil F. Jones King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Marc Jordan King Arik
(Part 2)
Producer
(Part 3)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Robert Klein Guard
(Part 2)
Mr. Fallible
(Part 3)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Barbara Lang King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Mary Louise King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Jay Norman Prisoner
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Jaclynn Villamil Prisoner’s Bride
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Swings: Ceil Delli, Bill Reilly
Standby: Ken Kercheval (Adam, Captain Sanjar, Flip, the Prince, Charming, Snake, Balladeer, Narrator)
REPLACEMENTS
Hal Holbrook Adam
(Part 1)
Captain Sanjar
(Part 2)
Flip, the Prince, Charming
(Part 3)
4/6/1967 – 11/25/1967
Carmen Alvarez Eve
(Part 1)
Princess Barbára
(Part 2)
Ella/Passionella
(Part 3)
(Alternate)
8/9/1967 – 10/31/1967
Ceil Delli King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Ken Kercheval Adam
(Part 1)
Captain Sanjar
(Part 2)
Flip, the Prince, Charming
(Part 3)
3/27/1967 – 4/5/1967
Sue Ane Langdon Eve
(Part 1)
Princess Barbára
(Part 2)
Ella/Passionella
(Part 3)
11/1/1967 – 11/25/1967
David McCorkle Guard
(Part 2)
Mr. Fallible
(Part 3)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Phyllis Newman Eve
(Part 1)
Princess Barbára
(Part 2)
Ella/Passionella
(Part 3)
(Alternate)
11/26/1966 – 10/31/1967
Scott Pearson King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Sal Pernice King Arik’s Court
(Part 2)
Ensemble
(Part 3)
Swing: Scott Pearson
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