Harold Prince
Harold Prince
Harold Smith "Hal" Princeis an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. He has garnered twenty-one Tony Awards, more than any other individual, including eight for directing, eight for producing the year's Best Musical, two as Best Producer of a Musical, and three special awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth30 January 1928
CountryUnited States of America
moving responsibility successful
I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.
want directors extravagant
I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.
boat shows
I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.
nice night worry
It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
college nine saws
I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.
night ties people
I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
theatre good-times shows
I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.
directors theater producers
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
truthful tradition theater
I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
successful ideas office
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes.
book thinking people
I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.
musical age golden
I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
heart self sick
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to meet deadlines, not to be organized, is at heart a sign of your own insecurity and at worst the sign of an amateur.
musical way process
We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.