The Apple Tree - The Musical (1966)

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

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 returns to Broadway

• 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)