Milk and Honey (musical) Milk and Honey (musical) Milk and Honey is a musical with a book by Don Appell and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The story centers on a busload of lonely American widows hoping to catch husbands while touring Israel and is set against the backdrop of the country's struggle for recognition as an independent nation. It was Herman's first Broadway book musical following a succession of off-Broadway revues. Herman was playing the piano for "Parade", his most recent revue following "I Feel Wonderful" and "Nitecap", when he was approached by theatre producer Gerard Oestreicher, who was seeking a composer
Milk and Honey (film) Milk and Honey (film) Milk and Honey is a Canadian drama film, released in 1988. The film stars Josette Simon as Joanna Bell, a young woman from Jamaica who takes a job in Toronto as a nanny for a wealthy couple (Tom Butler and Fiona Reid), in the hope of permanently immigrating to Canada with her son David (Richard Mills). The cast also includes Lyman Ward, Djanet Sears, Leonie Forbes, Errol Slue, Charles Hyatt, Jackie Richardson, Robert Wisden and Diane D'Aquila. The film was written by Glen Salzman and Trevor Rhone, and directed by Salzman and Rebecca Yates. The film