The Golden Apple

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In the literature34 passages

Bolin, Shannon Golden Apple, The, 160 book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p353

These included Menotti’s The Consul (1950), The Saint of Bleecker Street (1954), and Maria Golovin (1958), Jan Meyerowitz’s The Barrier (1950), Samuel Friedman’s (and, to be sure, Verdi’s) My Darlin’ Aida (1952), Jerome Moross’s The Golden Apple book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p3

for this hot-air balloon survey we must regretfully include one of the most glorious musicals in the history of our theatre: for The Golden Apple (which depicted the story of The Iliad and The Odyssey as told from the perspective of turn-of-the-century America) saw Paris and Helen take flight on a hot-air balloon and t… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p377

The work was selected as the season’s Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle, the first Off-Broadway musical so honored. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p380

For the Broadway production, Shannon Bolin succeeded Geraldine Viti in the roles of Mrs. Juniper and Calypso (but Viti remained as standby for Bolin, Kaye Ballard, and Bibi Osterwald); Martha Larrimore succeeded Nola Day in the roles of Mother Hare and Circe; and Martin Kean succeeded Larry Celsi as Patroclus. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p382

Although The Golden Apple (1954) wasn’t a financial success, it’s one of the artistic highpoints of American musical theatre. It won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical (of 1953–1954), left behind a cast album and a popular standard in “Lazy Afternoon” (which Ballard introduced), and it landed her… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p556

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