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The Apple Tree (1966 original Broadway cast)

The Apple Tree

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The Apple Tree is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith. Each act has its own storyline, but all three are tied together by a common theme and common references, such as references to the color brown.

Opened
1966
Performances
463
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Jerry BockLyrics: Sheldon HarnickBook: Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, with Jerome Coopersmith

Productions2 on Broadway

1966 Shubert Theatre Original. October 18, 1966 · Mike Nichols 463 performances
2006 Studio 54 Revival. December 14, 2006 · Mike Nichols 99 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International The Apple Tree matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature37 passages

In Broadway’s first — and so far only — musical triple bill, Act I was based on Mark Twain’s “The Diary of Adam and Eve” and dealt with the dawn of humanity and innocence; Act II was based on Frank R. Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger?,” in which a warrior’s fate, unresolved in the plot, was determined by t… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p210

The team’s songs for The Body Beautiful were tuneful and lively, and the next year they wrote the score for the long-running Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! , and during the next eleven years were represented on Broadway five times with Tenderloin (1960), She Loves Me (1963), Fiddler on the Roof (1964), The Apple Tree… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p675

But their work could also be satirical and sophisticated, especially in their shows The Apple Tree and Fiorello! book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p94

The Apple Tree featured a superb performance by Barbara Harris. She was joined by Alan Alda and Larry Blyden. The stories included Mark Twain’s “The Diary of Adam and Eve,” Jules Feiffer’s “Passionella,” and Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady or the Tiger.” book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p95

After a post-Fiorello! flop—Tenderloin—they wrote She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Apple Tree in three years, showing an incredible versatility. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p109

After The Apple Tree, his stage without feeling personally threatened... book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p166

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