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71 quotes by Harold Prince

Harold Smith "Hal" Prince (born January 30, 1928) is 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.
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The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.

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You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

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I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

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I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

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It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.

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Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

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One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.

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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.

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Producing should be a creative responsibility.

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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

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The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

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There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.

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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.

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