Marc Kudisch, Kristin Chenoweth and Brian d'Arcy perform during the curtain call for the Broadway opening of "The Apple Tree" on December 14, 2006 in New York City.
This trifle from 1966, with a score by Broadway legends Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), is a jokey trio of stories about men and women — based on Mark Twain's "The Diary of Adam and Eve," Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger," and Jules Feiffer's "Passionella." It has a loose, '60s-improv satiric style and one terrific song ("Beautiful, Beautiful World"), but the material seems thin and dated, and even Kristin Chenoweth, Broadway's kewpie-doll darling, wears out her welcome by the end.
Tony Outlook: Nothing doing.