 HAROLD PRINCE was the recipient of a National Medal of Arts for the year 2000 from President Clinton for a career spanning over 40 years, in which "he changed the nature of the American musical." Before becoming a director, Mr. Prince's productions included The Pajama Game, West Side Story, Fiddler On The Roof, and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. One of the most creative figures in the American theater, Mr. Prince directed the premiere productions of Cabaret, Company, Follies, Candide, Pacific Overtures, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Evita, The Phantom Of The Opera, and Parade. Among the plays he has directed are The Great God Brown, The Visit, End Of The World, Play Memory, and his own play, Grandchild Of Kings. Most recently Mr. Prince directed The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, part of the new evening of one-act musicals, 3hree, at L.A.'s Ahmanson Theatre and Philadelphia's Prince Music Theatre. His opera productions have been seen at The Chicago Lyric, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Vienna Staatsoper and the Theater Colon in Buenos Aires. He serves as a trustee for the New York Public Library and served on the National Council of the Arts of the NEA for six years. He has received twenty Tony Awards. He was a 1994 Kennedy Center Honoree. |
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