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Show Credits: Book, Music and Lyrics by John Kander and James Goldman and William Goldman

Description: Gerry Siegal and Sally Nathan, a young suburban Chicago couple, decide to get married… thereby setting off a marital World Ward III! Between Sally's Uncle/Mother/Father Alfie Nathan and Gerry's extensive extended family, the couple's wedding arrangements could prove more difficult than anything their marriage might ever present. It’s the biggest family feud since the Montagues and Capulets, as caterers, dressmakers, rabbis, florists, photographers and a domineering wedding planner are put through the proverbial wringer in the looniest wedding this side of Father of the Bride!

A FAMILY AFFAIR is a neurotic, tuneful, wickedly funny and universally appealing picture of what really goes into the smiling wedding portrait in the family album.

Insight from the experts Staging Tip: This show is written in a more cinematic, flowing style than you might think. Ready it with an eye for fluidity and quick changes. You can be creative and/or minimalist. Everything should be light, because the style of writing is quick and cinematic. A nook in Alfie's den, the Siegals' TV room, an apartment foyer, the Siegal' bedroom, a bridal shop, a gym, two backyards, a football field, the country club, the Siegal kitchen, the bachelor dinner, a corridor at the country club. Read the script to get ideas (many are suggested). A pre-recorded "answering machine" voice, a few sample wedding dresses (can make your own out of inexpensive frilly fabric; only one is actually put on).