The Golden Apple
Alvin Theatre
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Opening Night: April 20, 1954
Closing Night: August 7, 1954
Music: Jerome Moross
Lyrics: John La Touche
Book: John La Touche
Set in Angel’s Roost near the town of Rhododendron, Washington State, the story relocates the mythical tale of Penelope and Ulysses to the first decade of the 20th Century.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Nothin Ever Happens in Angel’s Roost…………..Helen,
Lovey Mars,
Mrs. Juniper,
Miss Minerva Oliver
My Love Is On the Way…………………………….Penelope
The Heroes Come Home…………………………..Company
It Was a Glad Adventure…………..Ulysses, the Heroes
Come Along Boys………………….The Heroes, Ensemble
It’s the Going Home Together……..Ulysses, Penelope
Helen Is Always Willing…………………………The Heroes
Introducin’ Mr. Paris………………………Paris, Ensemble
Lazy Afternoon…………………………………….Helen, Paris
ACT TWO
My Picture in the Papers……………………..Helen, Paris,
Male Ensemble
Wildflowers……………………………………………..Penelope
Store-bought Suit……………………………………….Ulysses
Goona-Goona……………………………………….Lovey Mars
Doomed, Doomed, Doomed………Miss Minerva Oliver
Circe, Circe…………….Circe, Mother Hare, the Ensem
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Kaye Ballard Helen
Stephen Douglass Ulysses
Priscilla Gillette Penelope
Jack Whiting Hector Charybdis
Shannon Bolin Mrs. Juniper
Martha Larrimore Mother Hare
Jonathan Lucas Paris
Dean Michener Menelaus
Portia Nelson Miss Minerva Oliver
Bibi Osterwald Lovey Mars
Helen Ahola Local Girl
Santo Anselmo Local Boy
Sara Bettis Local Girl
Peter De Mayo Silas
Crandall Diehl Agamemnon
Maurice Edwards Nestor
Dorothy Etheridge Local Girl
Nelle Fisher Local Girl
Robert Flavelle Diomede
Bob Gay Local Boy
Murray Gitlin Bluey
Gary Gordon Doc MacCahan
Ed Grace Local Boy
Dee Harless Local Girl
Janet Hayes Local Girl
David Hooks Theron
Martin Keane Patroclus
Lois McCauley Local Girl
Barton Mumaw Homer
Ann Needham Local Girl
Bill Nuss Local Boy
Julian Patrick Achilles
Charles Post Local Boy
Don Redlich Thirsty
Joli Roberts Local Girl
Marten Sameth Ajax
Arthur Schoep Local Boy
Frank Seabolt Captain Mars
Jere Stevens Local Girl
Jerry Stiller Mayor Juniper
Tao Strong Local Girl
Standby: Geraldine Viti (Helen, Lovey Mars, Mrs. Juniper)
REPLACEMENTS
Virginia Copeland Penelope
Bob Bakanic Local Boy
Ed Grace Theron
Dee Harless The Figurehead
Richard Hermany Patroclus
Charlotte Rae Mrs. Juniper
Annaliese Widman Local Girl
Mitzi Wilson Local Girl
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