In line with the story by Antoine deSaint-Exupery, this bewitching musical fable begins as a pilot (Richard Kiley) creates a forced landing the barren Sahara Desert. He's befriended by a"little" prince by Earth Asteroid B-612. From the pilot learns of journeys in which he met with a general, a businessman, an historian, and a King and the boy history. It isn't before he comes to Earth that the Little Prince learns the secrets of the importance of life out of a Fox (Gene Wilder), a Snake (Bob Fosse), and the pilot.