The Apple Tree [Original Broadway Cast]

by Apple Tree / O.B.C.

Overview

Songwriters and librettists Jerry Bock And Sheldon Harnick followed their once-in-a-lifetime success with Fiddler On The Roof by writing The Apple Tree, an experimental musical that adapted three short stories, Mark Twain's "The Diary Of Adam And Eve," Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady Or The Tiger?," and Jules Feiffer's "Passionella," each with a cast featuring Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, and Larry Blyden. There turned out to be little to tie the three tales together, although each was a love story with unconventional complications. The tone of the work varied from romantic to satiric even within each story, and the acting tended to be so precious and cloying that it was hard for the viewer (and now the listener) to have much emotional involvement. Nevertheless, a new show by the authors of the still-running Fiddler On The Roof probably couldn't have been a major flop, and The Apple Tree managed to run for over a year. The cast album reveals competent writing and particularly enthusiastic performances by Harris, though the only memorable song is "What Makes Me Love Him?," which has some of the funny, touching quality of Fiddler's "Do You Love Me?" ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	11/24/1992
Label:	SONY MASTERWORKS
UPC:	0074644820928

Tracks

1. The Apple Tree, musical~Eden Prelude
2. The Apple Tree, musical~Here In Eden
3. The Apple Tree, musical~Feelings
4. The Apple Tree, musical~Eve
5. The Apple Tree, musical~Friends
6. The Apple Tree, musical~The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit)
7. The Apple Tree, musical~Beautiful, Beautiful World
8. The Apple Tree, musical~It's A Fish
9. The Apple Tree, musical~Go to Sleep, Whatever You Are
10. The Apple Tree, musical~What Makes Me Love Him?
11. The Apple Tree, musical~Eden Postlude
12. The Apple Tree, musical~The Lady Or the Tiger? Prelude
13. The Apple Tree, musical~I'll Tell You a Truth
14. The Apple Tree, musical~Make Way
15. The Apple Tree, musical~Forbidden Love (In Gaul)
16. The Apple Tree, musical~The Apple Tree (Reprise)
17. The Apple Tree, musical~I've Got What You Want
18. The Apple Tree, musical~Tiger, Tiger
19. The Apple Tree, musical~Make Way (Reprise)
20. The Apple Tree, musical~Which Door?
21. The Apple Tree, musical~I'll Tell You a Truth (Reprise)
22. The Apple Tree, musical~Passionella Prelude
23. The Apple Tree, musical~Oh, To Be A Movie Star
24. The Apple Tree, musical~Gorgeous

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Orchestra   Primary Artist
Marc Jordan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barbara Harris   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals
Larry Blyden   Primary Artist,Vocals
Alan Alda   Primary Artist,Vocals
Robert Klein   Vocals
Carmen Alvarez   Vocals
Jane Norman   Vocals
Elliott Lawrence   Musical Direction
Michael Davis   Vocals
Jay Norman   Vocals
Jaclynn Villamil   Vocals
Mary Louise   Vocals

Technical Credits

Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Producer,Reissue
Robert Waller   Engineer
Goddard Lieberson   Producer
Richard Williams   Animation
Marc Jordan   Performer
Sheldon Harnick   Book,Composer,Lyricist
Jerry Bock   Book,Composer
Larry Blyden   Narrator
Fred Plaut   Engineer
Edward Kleban   Associate Producer
Elliot Lawrence   Vocal Arrangement
Eddie Sauter   Orchestration
Larry Keyes   Engineer
Elliott Lawrence   Vocal Arrangement
Marc Kirkeby   Liner Notes
The Orchestra   Performer
Sandy Speiser   Photography
Tim Tiedemann   Engineer,Remixing,Mastering
Michael Danner   Liner Note Translation
Genevieve Haines   Translation,Liner Note Translation
Anna Saxon-Forti   Translation,Liner Note Translation
Jean Rosenthal   Lighting