Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne (6)

I believe the answer is:

pippin

(Other definitions for pippin that I've seen before include "fruit" , "Hobbit, friend of 1 across" , "Kind of eating apple" , "excellent example" , "Variety of eating apple" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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