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
glad
I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
fun wake-up matter
When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.
want directors extravagant
I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.
emotional nine saws
I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.
remember advantage because-i-can
Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.
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.
running stars guarantees
A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
important looks feeding
I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
memories past done
I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.
class guy intelligence
It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.
thinking
You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.
art musical theatre
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
artistic died fills information movements theaters
All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you up and makes you feel like you're the inheritor of all this information and of all its passion.
argue closely impart looked romantic style work
You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.