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This is a musical which explores the story of Genesis in a very humanistic way, treating Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah, and "The Father" as members of a big family making mistakes, forgiving, and beginning again.

Children of Eden
Stephen Schwartz

Children of Eden begins at the beginning. The show opens with God seeking to "Let There Be" a universe complete with plants and animals. Not satisfied, he creates Adam and Eve, and tells them they have only to be good and grateful children. Adam assures Father (God) that he will be "Good".

Adam and Eve eventually eat from  the Tree of Knowledge and are tossed out of the garden. They continue life in "The Wasteland" where their sons Cain and Abel are born.

Their lives become good but Cain craves more. An amazing but frightening discovery leads to a "Clash of the Generations". Abel loses his life in the struggle. The murderous Cain is struck down by God with a mark his descendents will wear for generations to come.

Years, later, Eve recants to Father how Adam never stopped looking for Cain, but how life has moved on with their new son Seth. Eve then joins Father in heaven leaving the earth to the "Children of Eden".

Act II of "Children of Eden" opens with a tour of the "Generations" from Adam through Noah. Following the tour, Noah speaks to God about reconsidering his decision to flood the earth. When God refuses, Noah continues the preparations, including seeking the right wife for his son Japeth.

Japeth, though knowing his wife should be of the race of Seth, falls in love with Yonah, the family servant girl who wears the mark of Cain. All chaos breaks out shortly after he announces his decision to the family.

Fearing the flood, Japheth persuades Yonah to stow away on the Ark. After "Forty Days and Forty Nights" come and go, the family discovers her. Noah, going against a clear order from God, allows Yonah to remain and marries her and Japeth.

Shortly after the wedding, the rain ends and a dove appears with an olive branch. Mama Noah sings of how good it is to see the sun again. The family disembarks and sets about to rebuild the world with the next generation of the "Children of Eden".

 

Children of Eden (Highlights)

Audio CD

Great Family Entertainment

Children of Eden [Double CD] [Soundtrack] [Import]

Audio CD (2 discs)

An enchanting musical

Disc: 1

  1. "Let There Be" - Father and Storytellers

  2. "Tree of Knowledge" - Father, Adam

  3. "Naming" - Father, Eve, Adam, Storytellers

  4. "Grateful Children" - Adam, Eve

  5. "Father's Day" - Father, Storytellers

  6. "Perfect" - Storytellers, Father, Adam, Eve

  7. "Spark of Creation" - Eve

  8. "In Pursuit of Excellence" - Eve and Snake

  9. "End of a Perfect Day" - Storytellers

  10. "Childhood's End" - Storytellers, Eve, Father

  11. "World Without You" - Adam, Father, Eve

  12. "Expulsion" - Father, Storytellers

  13. "Wasteland" - Storytellers

  14. "Spark of Creation" [Reprise 1] - Eve

  15. "Lost in the Wilderness" - Abel, Cain

  16. "Close to Home" - Adam, Eve, Young Abel, Young Cain, Abel

  17. "Ring of Stones" - Cain, Adam, Storytellers, Eve, Abel

  18. "Death of Abel" - A Storyteller, Eve

  19. "Mark of Cain" - Storytellers, Father

  20. "Children of Eden" - Eve, Company

Disc: 2

  1. "Generations" - Soloist, Storytellers

  2. "Gathering Storm" - Noah, Father

  3. "A Piece of Eight" - Storytellers, Noah, Yonah, Japeth, Mama, Ham, Shem, Aysha, Aphra, Female Storyteller

  4. "Return of the Animals" (instrumental)

  5. "Noah's Lullaby" - Storytellers, Noah

  6. "Stranger to the Rain" - Yonah

  7. "In Whatever Time We Have" - Japeth, Yonah

  8. "Flood" - Father, Storytellers

  9. "What Is He Waiting For?" - Noah, Mama, Ham, Shem, Aysha, Aphra

  10. "Sailor of the Skies" - Yonah

  11. "Spark of Creation" [Reprise 2] - Mama Noah

  12. "Hardest Part of Love" - Noah, Father

  13. "Words of Doom" - Storytellers

  14. "Hour of Darkness" - Noah, Yonah, Japeth, Mama, Ham, Shem,   Aysha, Aphra

  15. "Ain't It Good?" - Mama, Company except Father

  16. "Precious Children" - Father

  17. "In the Beginning" - Company


 

'In Whatever Time We Have'

"I don't give a damn for the thunders of fathers
Come hell or high water whatever they do
I could not live in a world without you

In whatever time we have
For as long as we are living
We can face whatever comes
If we face it now as one
I could make on my own
Let me know that I don't have to
No one really wants to be alone
In whatever we time have

If at times we are afraid
With so little to believe in
It's alright to feel afraid
I will hold you in the dark
All we know for sure is this
Though the world could end tomorrow
You and I will be together
In whatever time we have"

(from 'Children of Eden' Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)

(Lyrics are provided for educational purposes only.)


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