ADAPTATIONS
by Leonard Lehrman

Peace on Earth (1934) by Albert Maltz & George Sklar
(1968, unproduced)

The Cradle Will Rock (1936) by Marc Blitzstein
(1969, Loeb Experimental Theater at Harvard, Tufts; 1989 WBAI-FM)

I've Got the Tune (1937) by Marc Blitzstein
(1970, Lowell House at Harvard; 1995 WHRB-FM; 2005 WBAI-FM;
also on 3 Blitzstein Centennial Concerts, Feb.-Mar. 2005)

The Harpies (1931) by Marc Blitzstein
(1970, Lowell House at Harvard; 1995 WHRB-FM; 2005 WBAI-FM)

Candide (1956) by Leonard Bernstein, Lilian Hellman, et al
(1972, Risley College at Cornell)

The Roundheads and the Pointedheads (1931-4)
by Bertolt Brecht & Hanns Eisler (1973, Cornell; 1981 Aspen - excerpts);
1998 Westpark Church, NYC complete score with narration -
also with Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus at Long Beach Library, Jan. 26, 2019

Suppose A Wedding by Bernard Malamud
(1973, Cornell as play; 1997 Hebrew Union College as opera)

A Clementine Kaddish - the missing verse to Tom Lehrer's "Clementine" (1958)
(1983, Berlin, and numerous times thereafter, including
Amer Conference of Cantors Convention, Huntington NY 7/2/97, etc.)

The Mermaid in Lock #7 (1960) by Elie Siegmeister & Edward Mabley
(1989, Domaine Naturiste de Belezy, France)

Barely Proper (1936) by Tom Cushing
6/20/92 Camp Barrett, The Poconos (PA) & 7/6/92 WBAI-FM (NY)

Goot Yuntif (1992)
original rejoinder to Tom Lehrer's "Hanukka in Santa Monica" (1990)
performed at International Jewish Arts Festival of L.I. 5/30/94
North Shore Synagogue, Syosset NY 12/95
Amer Conference of Cantors Convention, Huntington NY 7/2/97, etc.

Stark (1994) by John Bramhall
Empire Haven (Aug. 20, 1994) with Cary Bair, Lenora Eve, Bill Reynolds, Amy Vail
Bucksteep Manor, Washington MA (June 24, 1995) with Cary Bair, Lenora Eve, Bill Reynolds, Diane Reese
Reading at Empire Haven (Aug. 4, 2016) with Leonard Lehrman, LaDonna Pacer, Bill Pacer, Gwen Bradshaw
Video by Helene Williams available for private viewing.

Adam & Lilith & Eve (1995) (June 24, 1995, Bucksteep Manor, Washington MA;
reading, Feb. 14, 2015, Sunsport Gardens, Loxahatchee FL)
after Manya Pruzhanskaya Lackow & Jacques Drouet

It's A Living (1976) by Morton Gould on text by Carolyn Leigh
(1996, arrangement for piano solo, prem. & recorded at Queens College)

The Creation or God & the Computer (1997)
premiered 7/5/97 Camp Ramblewood, Darlington MD

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (2006)
Reading at Empire Haven, Moravia NY (Aug. 4, 2016) with LaDonna Pacer, Helene Williams, Gwen Bradshaw
Direction & Videography by Leonard Lehrman

We Didn't Know (1965) by Tom Paxton
additional verse written Aug. 25, 2007;
performed at PeaceSmiths Nov. 2, 2007 in memory of Susan Blake
new additional verse written Feb.-Mar. 2018
performed by Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus at Holocaust Memorial Concert,
Trinity Church Roslyn May 5, 2019

Damn! That Apple!
an operetta about The Creation and The Fall
attributed to Brother Sebastian Sailor (1714-1777)
translated from the Swabian by Richard Ives
song lyrics by Joel Shatzky
music by Lutz Mayer (1985)
Overture & Adaptation by Leonard Lehrman (2020)
Zoom+Live premiere Feb. 14, 2021
at Midwinter Naturist Festival, Sunsport, Loxahatchee, FL
with Bill Pacer & LaDonna Allison as Adam & Eve;
Leonard Lehrman & Helene Williams as God (at the piano) & the Angel (as screen-sharer)
Technical Director: James Aspenwall

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