The Little Prince and the Aviator is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry. The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Hugh Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), also known as Patrick Quentin, was an American playwright, librettist, poet, and translator. ... Don Black (b. ... 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. Sculpture of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the little prince in Lyon Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. ... For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation). ... The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ... 253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. ...

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. Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Frederic Loewe, an Austrian-American composer (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) worked with lyricist Alan J. Lerner in musical theater. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

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. December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Neil Simon Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 250 West 52nd Street in midtown-Manhattan. ... Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Herman Hesh Rabkin on The Sopranos, Mr. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... Michael York (born March 27, 1942, Fulmer, England) is a prolific actor now resident in California. ... Anthony Dean Rapp (born October 26, 1971) is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role as Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the same role in the film version. ... Ellen Greene (b. ...

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. James L. Nederlander of the famous Nederlander family of Detroit, Michigan is also known as James Nederlander, Jr. ...

Song list

Act I

• Par Avion
• Power Comes, Power Goes
• I Pity the Poor Poor Parisiennes
• Making Every Minute Count
• Made for Each Other
• Wind, Sand, Stars
• First Impressions
• A Day Will Never Be the Same
• I've Got You to Thank for All This
• I Don't Regret a Thing
• We Couldn't, We Mustn't, We Won't

Act II

• Watch Out for the Baobabs
• I Like My Misfortunes to Be Taken Seriously
• The Volcano Song
• More Than Just a Pretty Flower
• First Impressions (Reprise)
• The Volcano Song (Reprise)
• Playground of the Planets
• It Was You
• Grain of Sand
• I Don't Regret a Thing (Reprise)
• Sunset Song
• Little Prince/Stars Will Be Laughing

Reference

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) Ken Mandelbaum is an American columnist, critic, and author whose primary field of expertise is theatre. ... Headquartered in the legendary Flatiron Building in New York City, St. ...

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing