Based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the musical deviates from the original in that aviator Toni, whose plane crashes in the Sahara Desert, explicitly is real-life author Saint-Exupéry, and the plot alternates flashbacks to actual events in his life with his interaction with the fictional Little Prince, a refugee from Asteroid B-612.
Undaunted by the critical and commercial failure of the 1974 musical screen adaptation by Lerner and Loewe, A. Joseph Tandet, a co-producer of the movie who owned the rights to the story, proceeded with his plans for a Broadway production. To save money, he decided to forgo an out-of-town tryout.
Previews were originally scheduled to begin on December 31, 1981 at the Alvin Theatre. The first preview was canceled at the last minute, after a change in both director and choreographer late in the rehearsal period; the production actually began previews on January 1, 1982.[1] Late in rehearsals, Robert Kalfin was replaced as director by Jerry Adler and Billy Wilson replaced original choreographer Dania Krupska.[2] The production starred Michael York as the Aviator and Anthony Rapp as the Little Prince, with Ellen Greene in a supporting role and Gordon Greenberg as young Georges.[3] The show closed after twenty previews.[4]
Producer Tandet sued the Nederlander Organization, claiming they had forced him to shut down the production with their demands for more money during its final week. He eventually was awarded $1,000,000,[5] representing two-thirds of his investment.
Song list
Act I
Par Avion - Toni, Georges and Suzanne
Power Comes, Power Goes - Snake
I Pity the Poor Poor Parisiennes - Toni
Making Every Minute Count - Toni, Georges and Pilots
Made for Each Other - Toni and Rose
Wind, Sand, Stars - Toni, Georges and Pilots
First Impressions - Little Prince
A Day Will Never Be the Same - Fennec and Pilots
I've Got You to Thank for All This - Suzanne
I Don't Regret a Thing - Toni
We Couldn't We Mustn't We Won't - Toni, Suzanne as a Child and Georges as a Child
Act II
Watch Out for the Baobabs - Little Prince
I Like My Misfortunes to Be Taken Seriously - Toni
The Volcano Song - Little Prince
More Than Just a Pretty Flower - Rose
First Impressions (Reprise) - Little Prince
The Volcano Song (Reprise) - Little Prince
Playground of the Planets - Little Prince
It Was You - Georges
Grain of Sand - Little Prince
I Don't Regret a Thing (Reprise) - Toni
Sunset Song - Little Prince
Little Prince/Stars Will Be Laughing - Toni and Little Prince
References
^ ab"The Little Prince and the Aviator". IBDB. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^"'Little Prince' suffering some growing pains". Daily News. December 30, 1981 – via Newspapers.com.
little, prince, aviator, musical, with, book, hugh, wheeler, lyrics, black, music, john, barry, musicjohn, barrylyricsdon, blackbookhugh, wheelerbasisnovel, antoine, saint, exupérythe, little, princeproductions1981, broadwaynever, officially, openedbased, clas. The Little Prince and the Aviator is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler lyrics by Don Black and music by John Barry 1 The Little Prince and the AviatorMusicJohn BarryLyricsDon BlackBookHugh WheelerBasisNovel by Antoine de Saint ExuperyThe Little PrinceProductions1981 Broadwaynever officially openedBased on the classic book by Antoine de Saint Exupery the musical deviates from the original in that aviator Toni whose plane crashes in the Sahara Desert explicitly is real life author Saint Exupery and the plot alternates flashbacks to actual events in his life with his interaction with the fictional Little Prince a refugee from Asteroid B 612 Undaunted by the critical and commercial failure of the 1974 musical screen adaptation by Lerner and Loewe A Joseph Tandet a co producer of the movie who owned the rights to the story proceeded with his plans for a Broadway production To save money he decided to forgo an out of town tryout Previews were originally scheduled to begin on December 31 1981 at the Alvin Theatre The first preview was canceled at the last minute after a change in both director and choreographer late in the rehearsal period the production actually began previews on January 1 1982 1 Late in rehearsals Robert Kalfin was replaced as director by Jerry Adler and Billy Wilson replaced original choreographer Dania Krupska 2 The production starred Michael York as the Aviator and Anthony Rapp as the Little Prince with Ellen Greene in a supporting role and Gordon Greenberg as young Georges 3 The show closed after twenty previews 4 Producer Tandet sued the Nederlander Organization claiming they had forced him to shut down the production with their demands for more money during its final week He eventually was awarded 1 000 000 5 representing two thirds of his investment Song list EditAct IPar Avion Toni Georges and Suzanne Power Comes Power Goes Snake I Pity the Poor Poor Parisiennes Toni Making Every Minute Count Toni Georges and Pilots Made for Each Other Toni and Rose Wind Sand Stars Toni Georges and Pilots First Impressions Little Prince A Day Will Never Be the Same Fennec and Pilots I ve Got You to Thank for All This Suzanne I Don t Regret a Thing Toni We Couldn t We Mustn t We Won t Toni Suzanne as a Child and Georges as a Child Act IIWatch Out for the Baobabs Little Prince I Like My Misfortunes to Be Taken Seriously Toni The Volcano Song Little Prince More Than Just a Pretty Flower Rose First Impressions Reprise Little Prince The Volcano Song Reprise Little Prince Playground of the Planets Little Prince It Was You Georges Grain of Sand Little Prince I Don t Regret a Thing Reprise Toni Sunset Song Little Prince Little Prince Stars Will Be Laughing Toni and Little PrinceReferences Edit a b The Little Prince and the Aviator IBDB Retrieved June 24 2020 Little Prince suffering some growing pains Daily News December 30 1981 via Newspapers com Mandelbaum Ken 1991 Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops St Martin s Press pp 29 31 ISBN 0 312 06428 4 Little Prince Closes Before Formal Opening The New York Times January 23 1982 p 14 Gerard Jeremy October 16 1986 Nederlander Loses Apeal Of Little Prince Damages The New York Times p C 14 External links Edit The Little Prince and the Aviator at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Little Prince and the Aviator amp oldid 1084561816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,