Skip to main content
A Family Affair logo

Overview

Synopsis

A Family Affair is the story of Gerry Siegal and Sally Nathan, a young suburban Chicago couple who decide to get married. Alfie, Sally's guardian and uncle, wants a small, intimate wedding while Tilly, Gerry's strong-willed mother, want a large, grand wedding. Soon, a marital World War III starts between the two families. Eventually, Gerry and Sally realize that their families have almost destroyed the wedding with their bickering. Finally, they decide to just have a quiet family affair and all is well.

Show Information

Music
Lyrics
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1962
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Female Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Elderly, Late Teen, Child Characters, Large Cast

Characters

Showing 8 of 33 characters

Character Portrayals

See StageAgent members who have performed roles in A Family Affair.

Want to be featured on this page? Update your credits.

Songs

Act I

  • Anything for You
  • Beautiful
  • My Son, the Lawyer
  • Every Girl Wants to Get Married
  • Right Girls
  • Kalua Bay
  • There's a Room in My House
  • Siegal Marching Song
  • Nathan Marching Song
  • Harmony

Act II

  • Now, Morris
  • Wonderful Party
  • Revenge
  • Summer is Over
  • Harmony (Reprise)
  • I'm Worse Than Anybody
  • What I Say Goes
  • The Wedding

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.