Harold Prince

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Broadway producer person theatre director theatre producer

Harold Prince was a legendary American theatre producer and director renowned for his work on landmark Broadway musicals such as "West Side Story," "Fiddler on the Roof," and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Aliases (1)

Hal Prince ×1

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway producer → person → theatre director → theatre producer →
awardReceived	Drama Desk Award → Kennedy Center Honors → Laurence Olivier Award → National Medal of Arts → Tony Award →
causeOfDeath	cardiovascular disease →
child	Charles Prince → Daisy Prince →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	Iceland →
dateOfBirth	1928-01-30 →
dateOfDeath	2019-07-31 →
educatedAt	Dwight School → University of Pennsylvania →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Prince →
fieldOfWork	Broadway theatre → musical theatre →
fullName	Harold Smith Prince →
genre	drama → musical theatre →
givenName	Harold →
influenced	concept musical form → modern Broadway staging →
knownFor	collaborations with Stephen Sondheim → directing innovative concept musicals → producing and directing landmark Broadway musicals →
nickname	Hal Prince →
notableAchievement	record for most Tony Awards won by an individual at the time of his death →
notableWork	A Doll's House (1977 revival) → A Family Affair → A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum → A Little Night Music → Cabaret → Candide (1974 revival) → Company → Damn Yankees → Evita → Fiddler on the Roof → Fiorello! → Follies → Grind → It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman → Kiss of the Spider Woman → LoveMusik → Merrily We Roll Along → New Girl in Town → On the Twentieth Century → Pacific Overtures → Parade → Prince of Broadway → She Loves Me → Show Boat (1994 revival) → Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street → The Great God Brown → The Pajama Game → The Phantom of the Opera → The Prince of Broadway (Japanese production) → The Visit (1973) → West Side Story → Whistle Down the Wind (1998 London production) → Zorba →
numberOfTonyAwards	21 →
occupation	Broadway producer → stage director → theatre director → theatre producer →
placeOfBirth	Manhattan → New York City →
placeOfDeath	Reykjavík →
religion	Judaism →
residence	New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Judith Chaplin →
stateOfBirth	New York →
workedWith	Andrew Lloyd Webber → Fred Ebb → George Abbott → Jerome Robbins → John Kander → Leonard Bernstein → Stephen Sondheim → Tim Rice →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kiss of the Spider Woman → Wonderful Town →	producer
Kiss of the Spider Woman →	director
Harold Prince Theatre →	inHonorOf
Harold Prince Theatre →	namedAfter
Harold Prince ("Hal Prince") →	nickname
Best Direction of a Musical →	notableWinner
West Side Story →	theatricalProducer
Gwen Verdon →	workedWith