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''The Golden Apple'' is a musical adaptation of parts of the ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'' with music by Jerome Moross and lyrics by John Treville Latouche. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 1954 and then transferred to Broadway. ==Productions== ''The Golden Apple'' was one of the first musicals produced Off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre, where it opened on March 11, 1954.〔("The Phoenix Theatre listing" ) Internet Broadway Database, accessed November 1, 2011〕 The musical transferred to Broadway on April 20, 1954, at the Alvin Theater where it played for only 125 performances despite rave reviews. The original production starred Kaye Ballard as Helen, and Stephen Douglass as Ulysses.〔Green, Stanley and Green, Kay.("Chapter: 1954; ''The Golden Apple''" ) ''Broadway musicals, show by show'' (1996), Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 0-7935-7750-0, p. 160〕 It was the first Off-Broadway show to win the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Latouche's lyrics are much praised; Steven Suskin wrote: "''The Golden Apple'' benefits from imaginative theatricality in all departments but it was the more-than-glorious score that carried this brilliant musical theatre experiment from Off Broadway to the Alvin", a Broadway theater. The musical is through-composed and exhibits features similar to more operatic musicals like ''Porgy and Bess'', ''The Mother of Us All'', ''Candide'', and ''The Most Happy Fella''. Jerome Moross was a classical composer of concert music, ballets, as well as a highly appreciated film score. Though the show is held in high esteem by devotees of musical theater, the full score was not commercially recorded until 2015 and the show has never been revived on Broadway. The musical is remembered in part for introducing the standard "Lazy Afternoon", sung by Ballard, and its fantastical, suggestive settings by William and Jean Eckart. The musical was presented Off-Broadway in 1961 at the Equity Library Theatre, and in 1962 it was produced at the York Playhouse. Both productions were directed by Robert Ennis Turoff and starred Roberta MacDonald as Helen and Stan Page as Ulysses.〔("'The Golden Apple' 1962" ) lortel.org〕 The musical continues to receive occasional productions. For example, a 1990 production by the York Theater Company in New York featured Muriel Costa-Greenspon.〔Holden, Stephen. ("Review/Theater;Homer in Song and Dance In 'Golden Apple' Revival" ) ''The New York Times'', March 30, 1990〕 The work was produced in 1995 by Light Opera Works in Chicago, Illinois〔Williams, Albert. "Homer on the Range", ''The Reader'', August 25, 1995, Section 1, p. 36〕 and in 2006 by the 42nd Street Moon Company in San Francisco, California.〔Connema, Richard. ("A Vivacious and Ingenious Production of 'The Golden Apple'; Review, San Francisco" ) talkinbroadway.com (based on April production), accessed November 1, 2011〕 The Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, presented a staged concert in October 2006.〔Lawrence, Mark Andrew.("Shaw Festival Kicks Off Its 45th Season This Week" ) broadwayworld.com, accessed November 1, 2011〕 The complete piano-vocal score was published for the first time in 2009 by Alfred Music Publishing. In October 2014 the Lyric Stage in Dallas, Texas, presented the first performances with full orchestra since the show's Broadway run. On February 8, 2015, Los Angeles' Musical Theatre Guild performed a one-night engagement of ''The Golden Apple'' with full orchestra at the Moss Theatre in Santa Monica.〔Stevens, Rob. ( "'The Golden Apple' reviewed by Rob Stevens" ) haineshisway.com, February 9, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Golden Apple (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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