THE GOLDEN APPLE
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION STILLS
THE SHOW
ORIGINAL PRODUCTION
MEMORIES
PRODUCER’S PAGE
ACT I
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1. Original Cast Production Poster from the Phoenix Theatre
2. Original Cast Production Poster from the Alvin Theatre
3. Cast members: Kaye Ballard (Helen), Bibi Osterwald (Lovely Mars), Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva Oliver), Geraldine Viti Mrs. Jupiter)
4: Kaye Ballard (Helen)
5: Cast members: Kaye Ballard (Helen), Nola Day (Mother Hare), Bibi Osterwald (Lovely Mars), Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva Oliver), Geraldine Viti (Mrs. Jupiter)
6: Cast members: Nola Day (Mother Hare), Priscilla Gillette (Penelope) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses)
7: Cast members: Priscilla Gillette (Penelope) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) “It’s going home together”
8. Cast members: Priscilla Gillette (Penelope) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) “It’s going home together”
9. Cast members: Jonathan Lucas (Paris) showing his wares at home coming.
10. Cast members: Jonathan Lucas (Paris) showing his wares at home coming.
11; Cast members: Jonathan Lucas (Paris) showing his wares at home coming.
12. “The heroes come home” center, Geraldine Viti (Mrs. Juniper) sings to the returning heroes
13. “The heroes come home” center, Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) recounting his adventures, Spanish American war.
14. Cast members: Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva Oliver), Geraldine Viti (Mrs. Jupiter), pie contesting
15. Portia Nelson (Scientist)
16. Cast members: Jerry Stiller (Mayor Juniper) and Dancers
17. “Lazy Afternoon.” Kaye Ballard (Helen) seduces the nonspeaking Jonathan Lucas (Paris), a traveling salesman.
18. “Lazy Afternoon.” Kaye Ballard (Helen) seduces the nonspeaking Jonathan Lucas (Paris), a traveling salesman.
19: “Lazy Afternoon.” Kaye Ballard (Helen) seduces the nonspeaking Jonathan Lucas (Paris), a traveling salesman.
20. Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) urge by town men to rescue Helen
21. “The departure for Rhododendron” –Jonathan Lucas (Paris) and Kaye Ballard (Helen) leave in his balloon.
22. “Finale of Act I” sailing off to Rhododendron
ACT II
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1. During intermission, the botanical print was replaced by a lithographic portrait of Kaye Ballard (Hellen) as if seen from the front page of the city of Rhododendron Bugle for the opening number of Act II.
2. During intermission, the botanical print was replaced by a lithographic portrait of Kaye Ballard (Hellen) as if seen from the front page of the city of Rhododendron Bugle for the opening number of Act II.
3. Cast members: Stephen Douglass (Ulysses), Jack Whiting (Hector) and Jonathan Lucas (Paris), Fist fighting
4. Cast members: .Stephen Douglass (Ulysses), Jack Whiting (Hector) and Jonathan Lucas (Paris)
5. Stephen Douglass (Ulysses)
6. Store-Bought Suit sung by Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) and chorus
7. Madame Calypso’s parlor-Ulysses and the boys are lionized by the Be-Feath-Ered, self-appointed social arbiter of Rhododendron at a victory ball.
8. Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) is lured by the head siren (Bibi Osterwald) singing “By a Goona Goona goona, by a Goona Goona Goona Lagoon”
9. Cast members: Ulysses is lured by the head siren (Bibi Osterwald) singing “By a Goona Goona goona, by a Goona Goona Goona Lagoon”
10. Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) is lured by the head siren (Bibi Osterwald) singing “By a Goona Goona goona, by a Goona Goona Goona Lagoon”
11. Head siren (Bibi Osterwald) singing “By a Goona Goona goona, by a Goona Goona Goona Lagoon”
12. Head siren (Bibi Osterwald)
13. Head siren (Bibi Osterwald)
14. Head siren (Bibi Osterwald) singing “By a Goona Goona goona, by a Goona Goona Goona Lagoon”
15. “Doomed, Doomed, Doomed,” at the hall of Science- Portia Nelson (Scientist) is preparing to launch a Jules Verne turquoise rocket into space.
16. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe), Jonathan Lucas (Paris) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses), kneeling over a dead comrade
17. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe) is luring the last of Ulysses’s Band.
18. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe), Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) and Jack Whiting (Hector)
19. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses)
20. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses)
21. Cast members: Ann Needham (Circe) and Stephen Douglass (Ulysses
22. Final duet: Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) and Priscilla Gillette (Penelope),
23. Final duet: Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) and Priscilla Gillette (Penelope), final duet
24. Final duet: Stephen Douglass (Ulysses) and Priscilla Gillette (Penelope), final duet
25. Final duet: Priscilla Gillette (Penelope) and the other ladies of Angel’s Roost. Bibi Osterwald (Lovey Mars ), Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva ) and Geraldine Viti (Mrs. Juniper ) accompanied by members of the chorus.
THE GOLDEN APPLE:
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
THE GOLDEN APPLE is a highly acclaimed 1954 Broadway musical based on Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. The score by John Latouche and Jerome Moross has been compared to music from Porgy and Bess and Candide for its opera-like qualities. Experience these marvelous songs with this special edition, which includes favorites such as “It’s the Coming Home Together” and “Lazy Afternoon.”
WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.
THE GOLDEN APPLE: THE FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
When it premiered in 1954, composer Jerome Moross and librettist John Latouche’s THE GOLDEN APPLE was hailed as “the most original musical since Oklahoma!” (The Washington Post), “the best thing that has happened in and to the theatre in a very long time” (New York Daily News), and “a magnificent achievement. A sensational success. The most imaginative work of its kind” (New York Daily Mirror).