Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick were brought in to write new songs and wrote "Ptolemy", "(Kind) Old Gentleman", and "Caesar is Wrong".
Goldby cut a lot of Drake's score and replaced whole sections of his libretto with lines from Shaw's play.
The opening night cast was Richard Kiley (Julius Caesar), Leslie Uggams (Cleopatra), Cal Bellini (Apollodorus), Jack Dabdoub (Roman Centurion), Larry Douglas (Achillas), Philip Graves (Ptolemy), Bruce MacKay (Rufio), Claudia McNeil (Ftatateeta), Earl Montgomery (Pothinus), and Brooks Morton (Britannus), The ensemble included Suzanne Rogers, Trina Parks, Kenneth Kamal Scott, and Priscilla Lopez.
The Greek merchant Apollodorus (Matt Leahy) delivers Cleopatra at Caesar's Feet just as the Egyptian army attacks.
Iras and the handmaidens gossip about the supposed affair between the 16 year old Cleopatra and the balding, fifty-ish Caesar as the queen overhears (Parable Of the Monkey).
Caesar reflects that he is much more involved with the young Queen than she imagines (I Cannot Make Him Jealous/I Can't Help Feeling Jealous).
At a rooftop party given in Caesar's honor, he and his companions sing a lighthearted but philosophical drinking song (In Vino Veritas).
Rufio leads the company in a rowdy soldier's song, well remembered by Caesar and Britannus, who is now quite drunk on Falnerian wine (Evil Companions).