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
doe care audience
Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.
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.
thinking rehearsal problem
I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
self criticism valuable
Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.
remember despite
Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.
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.
directors theater producers
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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.
chaos enjoy thrive
I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.
thinking musical contemporary
I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?
truthful tradition theater
I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
past thinking stopping
I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.