Productions2 on Broadway
| 1946 | Playhouse Theatre Original. November 27, 1946 · Alexander Kirkland · predates this show | 6 performances |
| 1962 | Billy Rose Theatre Revival. January 27, 1962 · Harold Prince | 65 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International A Family Affair matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature22 passages
Kert introduced the lovely “There’s a Room in My House” in A Family Affair and (briefly) joined the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany's after Edward Albee overhauled the show. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p325
Larry Kert—juvenile of Prince’s West Side Story and A Family Affair (1962), more recently languishing in Breakfast at Tiffany’ (1966) and La Strada (1969)—stepped into the role and made it (ambiguously) his. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p218
Following Griffith’s death, he directed A Family Affair (1962) and produced A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), She Loves Me (1963), and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1103
The authors of A FAMILY AFFAIR had never done a Broadway show, the producer had never done a Broadway show, the director—Word Baker of THE FANTASTICKS [Schmidt: May 3, 1960]—had never done a Broadway show, even the choreographer had never done a Broadway show. book:show-tunes-the-songs-shows-and-careers-of-broadway-s-suskin-steven-suskin-steven#p359
For John Kander, who when teamed with lyricist Fred Ebb became one of Broadway’s most successful composers, it was with the slim, Ebb-less A Family Affair. book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p139
John Kander’s only Broadway show without Fred Ebb was his first, A Family Affair (Billy Rose; Jan. 27, ’62; 65). It had a book by James and William Goldman, and Kander and James Goldman contributed the lyrics. book:not-since-carrie-forty-years-of-broadway-musical-flops-ken-mandelbaum#p140
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