The Apple Tree

Shubert Theatre, (10/18/1966 - 11/25/1967)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Description: A musical in three acts

Setting: Part I: Eden. Saturday, June 1st. Part II: A Semi-Barbaric Kingdom. A Long Time Ago. Part III: Here. Now.

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Stuart Ostrow
Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick; Additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith; Based on "The Diary of Adam and Eve" by Mark Twain; Based on "The Lady or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton; Based on "Passionella" by Jules Feiffer; Musical Director: Elliot Lawrence; Vocal arrangements by Elliot Lawrence; Music orchestrated by Eddie Sauter; Additional scoring by Elliot Lawrence
Directed by Mike Nichols; Choreographed by Lee Theodore; Additional musical staging by Herbert Ross
Production Design by Tony Walton; Costume Design by Tony Walton; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Hair Design by Ernest Adler; Make-Up Design by Joe Cranzano; Sound Design by Robert Liftin
General Manager: Joseph Harris and Ira Bernstein
Production Stage Manager: Jerry Adler; Stage Manager: George Thorn and Tom Porter
Associate Conductor: Leon Hyman
Animation film sequence of Miss Harris by Richard Williams; Films of Miss Harris photographed by Jerry Schatzberg
General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: Harry Nigro; Casting: Michael Shurtleff; Advertising: Ingram Ash

Cast

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
Barbara Harris	Eve Part 1
	Princess Barbára Part 2
	Ella and Passionella 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 and Bill Reilly

Standby: Ken Kercheval (Adam, Balladeer, Captain Sanjar, Flip, the Prince, Charming, Narrator, Snake)

Understudy: Carmen Alvarez (Ella and Passionella, Eve, Princess Barbára)

Tony Award^®
1967 Best Musical [nominee]
Book by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock; Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Produced by Stuart Ostrow
1967 Best Composer and Lyricist [nominee]
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Music by Jerry Bock
1967 Best Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Alan Alda
1967 Best Actress in a Musical [winner]
Barbara Harris
1967 Best Costume Design [nominee]
Tony Walton
1967 Best Choreography [nominee]
Lee Theodore
1967 Best Direction of a Musical [nominee]
Mike Nichols

music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

ACT 1	Sung By
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 2	Sung By
I'll Tell You a Truth	Balladeer
Make Way	King's Court and King Arik
Forbidden Love (In Gaul)	Princess Barbára and 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 and Court
I'll Tell You a Truth (Reprise)	Balladeer
ACT 3	Sung By
Oh, to Be a Movie Star	Ella
Gorgeous	Passionella
I Know	Passionella and The Company
(Who, Who, Who, Who) Who Is She?	The Company
Wealth	Passionella
You Are Not Real	Flip, the Prince, Charming and The Company
George L	Ella and George