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His extraordinary resume includes arguably the most important musicals of the past six decades, from West Side Story (50s), Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret (60s), Follies, Sweeney Todd and EVITA (70s), to Phantom of the Opera (80s) and a definitive revival of Showboat (90s). His latest work, in addition to his collaboration with Mr. Fuller on this touring production of EVITA, includes directing Stephen Sondheim’s musical Bounce, which opened in summer 2003 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. He also directed Hollywood Arms, a 2002 play written by Carol Burnett and her daughter Carrie Hamilton, based on Burnett’s 1986 memoir, One More Time. His other musicals include such Broadway hits as Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Candide, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Company, She Loves Me, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! He has directed many plays on and off-Broadway; he has directed two films as well as operas for the Metropolitan Opera, The New York City Opera, The Houston Grand Opera, and The Vienna Staatsoper. Besides his work in the theater, Mr. Prince
has served as a trustee for the New York Public Library and on the National
Council of the Arts for six years. Recipient of a National Medal of
Arts in the year 2000 for a career spanning more than 40 years, in which
“he changed the nature of the American musical,” he was
a 1994 Kennedy Center Honoree. |
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