Musical Theatre Audition
Musical Theatre Discussion BoardMusical Theatre Performing TipsMusical Theatre Audition SongsMusical Theatre Gift ShopMusical Theatre BlogMusical Theatre ShowsAudition Postings

Discuss this show in the MTA Forum

The Apple Tree - The Musical (1966)

Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith

The Apple Tree Recommended Resources

The Apple Tree Plot Summary & Audition Notes

List of Characters in The Apple Tree

The Apple Tree 1966 Original Broadway Cast Recording

The show is divided into three one-acts, all twisty comic-melodramatic tales of star-crossed romantic relationships. The first is based on a Mark Twain telling of the Adam and Eve story. The second, based on a work by Frank R. Stockton, is called "The Lady or the Tiger?" and the third is the Jules Feiffer-inspired "Passionella."

Usually the main roles are doubled/tripled.

 
 
Adam, Eve, Snake
 
Balladeer, King Arik,
 
Princess Barbara
Loves Sanjar even though he does not love her back
Prisoner, Prisoner's Bride,
 
Captain Sanjar
a victorious warrior who gets caught with the King's daughter , Guard
 
Narrator
 
Ella/ Passionella
a chimney sweep who whiles away her time in front of her TV set yearning to be a movie star:
Mr. Fallible
 
Producer
 
Flip, the Prince Charming
an earthy rock n' roll singer
 
Chorus of Singers/Dancers

The Apple Tree Related Websites

Audition Preparation Materials

List of Songs in The Apple Tree (Click on the song title to download digital sheet music)

  • Here in Eden (Eve)
  • Feelings (Eve)
  • Eve (Adam)
  • 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)
  • I'll Tell You A Truth (Balladeer)
  • Make Way (King Arik & his Court)
  • Forbidden Love (Princess Barbara, Captain Sanjar)
  • The Apple Tree Reprise (Balladeer)
  • I've Got What You Want (Princess Barbara)
  • Tiger, Tiger (Princess Barbara)
  • Which Door? (Captain Sanjar, Princess Barbara, King Arik, King's Court)
  • I'll Tell You a Truth Reprise (Balladeer)
  • Oh, to Be a Movie Star (Ella)
  • Gorgeous (Ella)
  • (Who, Who, Who, Who) Who Is She? (Company)
  • Wealth (Ella)
  • You Are Not Real (Prince Charming & Company)
  • George L. (Ella & Prince Charming)

 

Receive audition tips in your mailbox! Sign up for our e-mail newsletter:


Subscribe
Unsubscribe

 

Applause For This Website ©2008 E-Mail The Webmaster