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. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
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. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
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. — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
