By Amy Somensky Dec 6, 2006, 16:17 GMT
New York: If you can guess the voice of God in the Roundabout's production of The Apple Tree you could win two tickets to the December 14th opening night performance of the musical as well as tickets to after party.
To enter visit www.roundabouttheatre.org and listen to the voice sample. E-mail your guess to applecontest@roundabouttheatre.org. Correct answers will be entered into a drawing. All entries must be received by December 10th. For complete rules visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.
Starring in the three part musical is Kristin Chenoweth as Eve, Princess Barbara, and Ella; Brian d'Arcy James as Adam, Sanjar, and Flip; Marc Kudisch as Snake; and Walter Charles as King Aril, Employer, and Producer.
The ensemble features Meggie Nicole Cansler, Julie Connors, Sarah Jane Everman, Jennifer Taylor Farrell, Justin Keyes, Lorin Lataro, Mike McGowan, Sean Palmer, Dennis Stowe, and Eric Santagata.
The production is now in previews and is set for a limited run through March 11, 2007.
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.
The creative team includes direction by Gary Griffin, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting design by Donald Holder, and sound design by Dan Moses Schreier.
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.
For The Apple Tree tickets visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.
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