The Apple Tree: 2 performance breaks while Kristin Chenoweth sings in concert

The Roundabout's revival of The Apple Tree will skip two performances on 19 & 20 Jan 2007, to allow female star Kristin Chenoweth to appear "Live at the Met" (New York City's Metropolitan Opera).

As previously scheduled, there will be no performance on the evening of Fri 19 Jan or matinee on Sat 20 Jan, there will be an extra evening performance on Sun 21 Jan at 7:30pm.

The Apple Tree, with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Bock and Harnick with additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith and directed by Gary Griffin, opened at Studio 54 on 14 Dec 2006, following previews from 29 Nov. The musical is running through to 11 Mar 2007.

The Apple Tree is three one-act musicals about men, women and a little thing called temptation. The musical is based on �The Diary of Adam and Eve� by Mark Twain; �The Lady or the Tiger?� by Frank R. Stockton; and �Passionella� by Jules Feiffer, with additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith.

Directed by Gary Griffin, The Apple Tree stars Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth (Eve, Princess Barbara, Passionella), Brian d�Arcy James (Adam, Sanjar, Flip) and Marc Kudisch (Snake) with Walter Charles (King Arik, Employer, Producer).

The company of The Apple Tree also 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 musical features choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision by Rob Fisher. Set design will be by John Lee Beatty, with costumes by Jess Goldstein, lighting by Donald Holder and sound by Dan Moses Schreier.