Book By: Lillian Hellman (1997 New Book) by Hugh Wheeler
Muisc By: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics By: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche and Dorothy Parker. (1974 & 1997 Productions) Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein
Directed By: Tyrone Guthrie
Music Director: Samuel Krachmalnick
Choreography By: Anna Sokolow
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Show Status: Closed
Based on: Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire
BASED on Voltaire's satirical masterpiece, CANDIDE tells the story a young man, Candide, who is determined to follow his instructor's creed of mindless optimism. Even after being banished from his homeland, captured by Bulgarians, beaten and left for dead by the Spanish Inquisition, robbed of everything he owns, and torn repeatedly from the woman he loves, Candide still clings to the philosophy that everything is for the best in this, "the best of all possible worlds." He and his friends eventually find themselves in a cave in Turkestan, seeking guidance from the Wisest Man in the World--a ghost from their past who has a surprising revelation for them!
Max Adrian - Dr. Pangloss / Martin
Robert Rounseville - Candide
Barbara Cook - Cunegonde / Scrub Lady
Irra Petina - Old Lady / Madame Sofronia
William Olvis - Governor of Buenos Aires
Robert Mesrobian - Baron / Prince Ivan
Louis Edmonds - Maximillian
Conrad Bain - King of Hesse / Inquisitor / Captain
Norman Roland - Hesse's General / Prefect of Police
Boris Aplon - Man / Marquis Milton
Doris Okerson - Woman
Margaret Roy - Dutch Lady / Grocery Lady / Beggar
Tony Drake - Dutch Man / Officer
Robert Rue - Atheist / Bear Man / Pilgrim Father
Robert Barry - Arab Conjuror / Croupier
Maria Novotna - Infant Casmira
William Chapman - Lawyer / Ferone
Charles Aschmann - Inquisitor / Alchemist / Duke of Naples
Robert Cosden - Junkman / Beggar
Stanley Grover - Wine Seller
Charles Morrell - Bear
Thomas Pyle - Beggar / Officer / Lady Richmond
Maud Scheerer - French Lady / Duchess
Joseph Bernard - Sultan Milton
Dorothy Krebill - Pilgrim Mother
George Blackwell - Officer / Lady Toothly
Dori Davis - Lady Cutely
Fred Jones - Lady Soothly
Overture
Life Is Happiness Indeed
Old Lady's False Entrance
Best Of All Possible Worlds
Oh Happy We
It Must Be So
Glitter And Be Gay
Auto-Da-Fe
Candide's Lament
You Were Dead You Know
I Am Easily Assimilated
Quartet Finale
Ballad Of The New World
My Love
Alleluia
Sheep Song
Bon Voyage
Quiet
What's The Use
Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)
1. Overture
2. Life Is Happiness Indeed
3. Old Lady's False Entrance
4. Best of All Possible Worlds
5. Oh, Happy We
6. It Must Be So
7. Glitter and Be Gay
8. Old Lady's Second False Entrance
9. Auto-Da-F�
10. Candide's Lament
11. You Were Dead, You Know
12. I Am Easily Assimilated
13. Quartet Finale [To Act I]
14. Entr'acte
15. Ballad of the New World
16. I Am Easily Assimilated (Reprise)
17. My Love
18. Eldorado
19. Sheep Song
20. Governor's Waltz
21. Bon Voyage
22. Quiet
23. What's the Usew
24. Make My Garden Grow (Finale)
Overture
Best Of All Possible Worlds, The
Oh, Happy We
It Must Be So
Mazurka
Glitter And Be Gay
You Were Dead, You Know
My Love
I Am Easily Assimilated
Quartet Finale
Quiet
Eldorado
Bon Voyage
What's The Use
Gavotte
Make Our Garden Grow (Finale)
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Candide (1956 Original Broadway Cast)
Candide: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1997 Revival)
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Bernstein Conducts Candide
Bernstein: Candide [CAST RECORDING]
Bernstein: Candide
Candide (Highlights from the 1999 London Revival Cast)
Candide
Candide (1988 Scottish National Opera Cast)