By Amy Somensky Sep 15, 2006, 4:49 GMT
New York: Kristin Chenoweth is set to headline the Roundabout Theatre Company's fall production of The Apple Tree. Chenoweth will play Eve, Princess Barbara, and Ella in the three part musical which is set to begin performances at Studio 54 on November 28th and offically open on December 14th for a limited run through March 11, 2007.
Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree
No other casting has been announced.
Chenoweth was most recently nominated for a Tony for her performance as Glinda in Wicked. She won the award for her work as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Some of her stage credits include Scapin, A New Brain, Steel Pier, and Epic Proportions. She played Annabeth Schott on TV's The West Wing and has be seen in such films as R.V., Bewitched, Running with Scissors, and The Pink Panther.
The Apple Tree features music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick. The musical is based on The Diary of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain, The Lady of the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton, and Passionella by Jules Feiffer which features additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith.
Gary Griffin will direct and choreography will be supplied by Andy Blankenbuehler.
The musical, billed as "a unique evening of three one-act musicals about men, women and a little thing called temptation," premiered on Broadway on October 18, 1966 at the Shubert Theater starring Alan Alda and Barbara Harris with direction by Mike Nichols. This version is based on the the 2005 Encores! production of the musical which co-starred Malcolm Gets and Michael Cerveris.
Tickets for The Apple Tree will be available exclusively to American Express Card members beginning October 18th. Tickets for the general public will go on sale November 4th.
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