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Who Played Helen in The Golden Apple

Helen is a role in The Golden Apple, a opera in 2005.

Based on <i>The Odyssey</i> by Homer<p>This musical is based on the Iliad and the Odyssey. The story has been transplanted to the town of Angel's Roost, Washington, at the foot of Mt. Olympus just after the Spanish-American war. Adventure-loving Ulysses and his men return triumphant to their various women, including Ulysses's wife Penelope and Helen, a young woman married to the old Sheriff Menelaus. In honor of the returning soldiers, the townsfolk organize a fair, in which there will be a baking competition. Old Mother Hare, who supplies the women with herbs and prophecies, is left out of the festivities, but she shows up anyway. She has an apple made of gold wire that she will award to the best baker. Three important townswomen, Miss Minerva, Mrs. Juniper, and Lovey Mars, elect Paris, a balloon-riding traveling salesman to judge the contest, then promptly try to influence his vote. Lovey Mars wins because she promises him Helen. Soon Paris and Helen are wafting away to Rhododendron, the big city, as Mother Hare gleefully waves goodbye. Although Ulysses had promised Penelope that he'd stay home for a change, he immediately gathers his men and goes off to retrieve Helen. <p>Helen is the toast of Rhododendron for a while, until the Angel's Roost men show up and take over. Ulysses bundles her back off to Menelaus, but he and his men want to see the big city before they return. Rhododendron is mayor, Hector, sees this as his chance for revenge against the conquerors. Their late-night bender lasts 10 years, and his men vanish one by one into the maw of the city and its sinful inhabitants: Calypso (a nymph/social climber), Scylla and Charybdis (greedy stockbrokers), the Sirens (prostitutes), a crazy lady scientist who shoots men into space but can't get them back, and Circe (a magician's lady sidekick). Ulysses's last hero, Achilles, intercepts a knife aimed at him by Paris, leaving the commander the sole survivor. He does some soul-searching and returns to Penelope, who is none too pleased with him after his 10-year absence. However, he convinces her that he is staying for good this time.

4 actors have played Helen in The Golden Apple.

View full cast of The Golden Apple

Performer Production Opened
Geraldine Viti Broadway The Golden Apple 1954
Kaye Ballard Broadway The Golden Apple 1954
Kate Baldwin The Golden Apple 2005
Lindsay Mendez New York The Golden Apple 2017

Other Roles in The Golden Apple

Role Production Opened
Achilles The Golden Apple 2005
Ajax The Golden Apple 2005
Diomede The Golden Apple 2005
Doc The Golden Apple 2005
Ensemble The Golden Apple 2005
Hector The Golden Apple 2005
Helen The Golden Apple 2005
Lovey Mars/The Siren The Golden Apple 2005
Menelaus/Scylla The Golden Apple 2005
Miss Minerva Oliver/Scientist The Golden Apple 2005
Mother Hare/Circe The Golden Apple 2005
Mrs. Juniper/Calypso The Golden Apple 2005
Nestor The Golden Apple 2005
Patroclus The Golden Apple 2005
Penelope The Golden Apple 2005
Ulysses The Golden Apple 2005

“Helen” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Fun Home Off-Broadway 2013
Cymbeline Broadway 2007
The Human Comedy Broadway 1984
A Taste of Honey Broadway 1981
Bubbling Brown Sugar Broadway 1976
Bye Bye Birdie Broadway 1960
Wonderful Town Broadway 1953
Out of this World Broadway 1950
Born Yesterday Broadway 1946
Lady in the Dark Broadway 1941

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