Most of the original orchestral score by Ted Royal has been lost, but the piano score survives. The cast included Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, Carmen de Lavallade, Alvin Ailey, Mary Mon Toy, and Geoffrey Holder (who also provided a section of choreography and went on to direct the 1992 revival starring Patti LaBelle ). After a Philadelphia try-out, the show opened on Broadway on Decemat the Alvin Theatre and played for 165 performances. Much of the writing was done in the Italian fishing village of Portofino but Capote and Jack Dunphy found time to travel to Switzerland and Paris before turning to America, where Capote met again with Saint Subber and continued his work in the musical. He was approached once again by producer Saint Subber, who was interested in his recent story "House of Flowers": would he be interested in adapting the work as a musical play for Broadway? Despite the difficulties they had had in turning "The Grass Harp" into a stage play, Capote agreed for a second time to collaborate with producer Saint Subber and set to work. In the early 1950s Truman Capote became further involved in the performing arts. It was produced by Saint Subber who was also responsible for Kiss Me, Kate and seven plays by Neil Simon. This was Capote's first musical, and was the first theatrical production outside of Trinidad and Tobago to feature the new Caribbean instrument-the steel pan. The lovers are eventually married and live happily ever after. Royal escapes the watery death by taking refuge on the back of a turtle. Her madam plots to keep her by having Royal sealed in a barrel and tossed into the ocean. ![]() ![]() One of the sex workers, Ottilie, turns down a rich lord to marry a poor mountain boy named Royal. The story concerns two neighboring bordellos that battle for business in an idealized Haitian setting. A short story of the same name was published in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958). House of Flowers is a musical by Harold Arlen (music and lyrics) and Truman Capote (lyrics and book).
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