The Little Prince and the Aviator

The Little Prince and the Aviator

Infobox Musical
name= The Little Prince and the Aviator
subtitle=


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music= John Barry
lyrics= Don Black
book= Hugh Wheeler
basis= Novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"The Little Prince"
productions= 1981 Broadway
"never officially opened"
awards=

"The Little Prince and the Aviator" is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry.

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 B6-12.

Undaunted by the critical and commercial failure of the 1974 musical screen adaptation by Lerner and Loewe, A. Joseph Tandent, 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 forego an out-of-town tryout.

Previews began on December 26 1981 at the Alvin Theatre. Directed by Jerry Adler and choreographed by Billy Wilson, it starred Michael York as the Aviator and Anthony Rapp as the Little Prince, with Ellen Greene in a supporting role.

The show closed after sixteen previews. Producer Tandent 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, representing two-thirds of his investment.

ong 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

"Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops" by Ken Mandelbaum, published by St. Martin's Press (1991), pages 29-31 (ISBN 0-312-06428-4)

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