An old Hal Prince Flop.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:19am

I saw this when I was little kid w/mom and dad, but don't remember hardly anything about it, I found the playbill today while cleaning the closet. Have any of you ever heard the score to this, or have seen it? Wow, what a cast and crew. I wonder if the new Hal Prince show might reveal any interesting flop stories, such as this?

http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=2762

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Family_Affair_(musical)





Updated On: 5/31/12 at 12:19 AM

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:37am

Wasn't Prince a late addition to the team (I know he was to Baker Street sometime later). The score is sweet, though I haven't listened to it too much--I always find it interesting that both Goldman bros worked on it, and prince says it did help create his relation****h John Kander which is a good thing. I hope his show DOES have some time for the flops--he's certainly has had his share of pretty major ones particularly in the '80s, not to mention things that probably won't be covered like the 7 performmance Ted Knight late '70s comedy Some Of My Best Friends (in which apparently he could talk to plants and animals--no connection to the early 70s gay bar film of the same name with Rue McLanahan, which would have been more interesting).

[bk]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 1:43am

I believe Prince replaced Word Baker. I have a very soft spot for this show - the maybe one and only production outside of Broadway was at a tiny theater in LA on Santa Monica Blvd. very soon after the B'way version closed. It starred John Gabriel, Suzy Kaye, and Terry Becker and was an utter delight.

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 8:12am

"I always find it interesting that both Goldman bros worked on it, "

They had written a comedy, Blood, Sweat, and Stanley Poole, presented on Broadway earlier that very season.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 5:30pm

Thanks! I had no idea they had worked together at any other time.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 6:06pm

Another one of those trendy film-to-stage transfers!

[jv92]

Posted: 5/31/12 at 9:22pm

Funny that I'm reading this thread about Kander's only non-Ebb show till now the day before I see his second non-Ebb show.

I rather like the score to A FAMILY AFFAIR. Supposedly, Kander begged Prince to take over the direction out of town, so he obliged.