The Little Prince
Opening Night: April 11, 2022
Theater: Broadway Theatre
Website: thelittleprincebroadway.com
After an aviator descends from the sky to find himself in the middle of the desert, he meets the Little Prince, a young hero on an extraordinary adventure. Join the Little Prince on his journey as he meets many fascinating characters who help him learn how to follow his heart.
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April 11, 2022
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince,” a megaselling classic of children’s literature first published in 1943, begins with a crash landing. Now, an adaptation of the beloved tale has made a similarly unfortunate entrance on Broadway.
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April 11, 2022
Pity the poor Little Prince. Having left his tiny asteroid planet to explore the galaxy, the wide-eyed wanderer has landed with a very loud splat on the stage of the Broadway Theatre.
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April 11, 2022
To call this new musical version of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s novella “The Little Prince” Cirque du Soleil Lite would be an undeserved compliment. The production has traveled the world, and the version that opened Monday at the Broadway Theater looks it.
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April 11, 2022
But do not judge a nouveau cirque show by its curtain. Once that drop goes up, the restrained watercolor charm of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s children’s book is nowhere. And if you don’t know the story already, bonne chance.
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April 11, 2022
It takes work to stay engaged with this production of “The Little Prince.” Work that challenged adults (the couple next to me was one of many to leave at intermission), in addition to the children it is targeted towards. This, coming from a critic who went in prepared to “oohh” and “aahh.” Never did I imagine that the theatrical adaptation of a childhood favorite would require the most adultlike patience to endure.
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April 11, 2022
I’ve always thought that there couldn’t be a wrong way to tell the story of The Little Prince. From reading the book as a child, to seeing Riccardo Cocciante’s musical adaptation in 2007, to watching the charming Netflix animated film in 2015 as an adult, my appreciation for it gets stronger and renewed each time. But now, as I think of that little boy who sat behind me having no fun at all at the Broadway spectacle, I hope he gets another chance to be introduced to the story, because it’s rather tragic that this was his first time meeting The Little Prince.
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April 11, 2022
Directed and choreographed by Anne Tournié, The Little Prince retells Saint-Exupéry’s story using dance, circus acrobatics, and a narrator (Chris Mouron) in a near-two-hour show that could easily be 90 minutes if not for an overlong intermission. High-flying theatrics and feats of agility would seem like an inspired way to tell the Little Prince’s tale of planet-hopping and self-discovery, but unfortunately this production fails to capture the imagination the way the book does, and for the most part it underwhelms.
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April 11, 2022
“The Little Prince,” based on the old French novel, owes New York audiences a pleading désolé. Or, perhaps, NYC should apologize for booking it. The woeful touring dance show, which opened Monday night at the Broadway Theatre, does not belong whatsoever where it’s currently situated. That is on Broadway, the pinnacle of American musical theater, and 13 blocks away from the New York City Ballet, one of the world’s leading dance companies.
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In his allegorical 1943 French novella “The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote, “One sees clearly only with the heart.” So why, one might reasonably ask, is the new family-oriented show at the Broadway Theatre such a cold and removed affair?
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April 11, 2022
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s elegantly humble 1943 children’s novella The Little Prince is transformed into a visually spectacular, dramatically overblown meld of dance, music, video and, best of all, breathtaking aerial acrobatics in Anne Tournié’s international staging opening on Broadway tonight at the Broadway Theatre.
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April 11, 2022
When is a timeless children’s tale not quite right for children’s theater? When it is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved and ever-so-slightly surreal 1942 novella, “The Little Prince.”
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