Music Composed by Jerome MorossWritten by John Latouche
In Washington state at the turn of the 20th century, the small town of Angel’s Roost is thrown into confusion when old Menelaus’s capricious wife Helen runs off with a traveling salesman named Paris, who was in town to judge an apple pie bake-off. Restless Ulysses, just returned from the Spanish-American War, sets off to retrieve Helen, leaving his wife Penelope for a ten-year adventure. The operetta's rousing score includes the jazz standard "Lazy Afternoon."
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John Treville Latouche (1914-1956) grew up in poverty in Richmond, VA and moved to New York City in 1932. He attended, on scholarship, first the Riverdale Country School and then Columbia University, where he wrote the book, lyrics and some of the music for the Varsity Show o ...
Jerome Moross (1913-1983). Moross' career encompasses three spheres; Broadway, Hollywood and the concert hall. He is best known to some audiences as the composer of the Academy Award-nominated score for William Wyler’s epic western, The Big Country (1958). An innovative score ...
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