Kismet (musical) Masterson, Bonaventura Bottone, Richard Van Allan, David Rendall and Rosemary Ashe. The second was made in 1991 starring Samuel Ramey, Ruth Ann Swenson, Jerry Hadley, Dom DeLuise, Mandy Patinkin, and Julia Migenes, with music direction by Paul Gemignani. Kismet (musical) Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on "Kismet", the 1911 play by Edward Knoblock. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several
The Golden Apple (musical) the first Off-Broadway show to win the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Latouche's lyrics are much praised; Steven Suskin wrote: ""The Golden Apple" benefits from imaginative theatricality in all departments but it was the more-than-glorious score that carried this brilliant musical theatre experiment from Off Broadway to the Alvin", a Broadway theater. The musical is through-composed and exhibits features similar to more operatic musicals like "Porgy and Bess", "The Mother of Us All", "Candide", and "The Most Happy Fella". Jerome Moross was a classical composer of concert music and ballets, as well as a highly