The Apple Tree (Original Broadway Production, 1966)

Production Info

Previews: October 5, 1966 (13 prev.)
Opening October 18, 1966
Closing: November 25, 1967
Length of Run: 463 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Mike Nichols
... Choreography	Lee Theodore
... Additional Musical Staging	Herbert Ross (i)

Cast

... Adam	Alan Alda
... Eve	Barbara Harris
... Snake	Larry Blyden
... Balladeer	Larry Blyden
... Princess Barbára	Barbara Harris
... Captain Sanjar	Alan Alda
... Narrator	Larry Blyden
... Ella & Passionella	Barbara Harris
... Mr. Fallible	Robert Klein
... Producer	Marc Jordan

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Here in Eden .... Eve
Feelings .... Eve
Eve .... Adam
Friends .... Eve
The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit) .... Snake
Beautiful, Beautiful World .... Adam
Go to Sleep Whatever You Are .... Eve
It's a Fish .... Adam
What Makes Me Love Him .... Eve

Act Two

I'll Tell You a Truth .... Balladeer
Make Way .... King's Court and King Arik
Forbidden Love (in Gaul) .... Princess BarbÃ¡ra and Captain Sanjar
The Apple Tree (Reprise) .... Balladeer
I've Got What You Want .... Princess BarbÃ¡ra
Tiger, Tiger .... Princess BarbÃ¡ra
Make Way (Reprise) .... King's Court
Which Door? .... Captain Sanjar, Princess BarbÃ¡ra, King Arik and Court
I'll Tell You a Truth (Reprise) .... Balladeer

Act Three

Oh, To Be a Movie Star .... Ella
Gorgeous .... Passionella
(Who, Who, Who, Who,) Who Is She? .... Company
I Know .... Passionella and Company
Wealth .... Passionella
You Are Not Real .... Flip and the Company
George L. .... Ella and George

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Trivia & History

Five weeks after the opening, Phyllis Newman became the alternate for Barbara Harris. Newman played Wednesday and Saturday matinees. By this point, Harris had missed several performances, with her understudy, Carmen Alvarez, going on for her. Later in the run, Alvarez became the alternate.

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Production Info

Previews: October 5, 1966 (13 prev.)
Opening October 18, 1966
Closing: November 25, 1967
Length of Run: 463 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Venues

Main Run

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

Tryout

Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
9/10/1966 - 11/25/1967 [Six previews starting on September 6.]

Audio Recordings

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Commercial Recordings

Original Broadway Cast (1966)
Barbara Harris , Alan Alda , Larry BIyden , Carmen Alvarez , Jackie Cronin

Private Recordings

Broadway Cast (Act One only) (1967)
Alan Alda , Barbara Harris , Hal Linden
Barbara Harris' Last Performance (1968)
Hal Linden , Alan Alda , Barbara Harris

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