Shows · Home Sweet Homer

Home Sweet Homer

Opened 1976

1 performances

Musical, Revolution

Yul Brynner, who was in the 1976 production. Photo by Vandamm, New York

Odysseus, the great Greek warrior, attempts to make his way home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. Along the way he faces the temptations of the sorceress Circe, the dangers of the Cyclops, and the allure of Calypso, while his faithful wife Penelope fends off a palace full of boorish suitors who believe Odysseus is dead. The epic journey tests the hero's resolve and cunning as he fights to return to the woman he loves.

Music: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Charles Burr, Forman Brown
Book: Roland Kibbee, Albert Marre

Productions1 on Broadway

1976

Palace TheatreBroadway Original, opened January 4, 1976, directed by Albert Marre

1 performances

Home Sweet Homer is a 1976 musical with a book by Roland Kibbee and Albert Marre, lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown, and music by Mitch Leigh. Loosely based on Homeric legend, the plot centers on Odysseus and Penelope, awaiting his return to Ithaca. It is one of the most notorious flops in Broadway theatre history, with only a single performance before closing.

Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.