The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me,… — Harold Prince Believe Copy Share Image
I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was… — Harold Prince Age Copy Share Image
'Evita' was four pieces of slick paper and a record album. It's the most scary, to sit down and dictate a musical… — Harold Prince Album Copy Share Image
It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do… — Harold Prince Investing Copy Share Image
Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized… — Harold Prince Away Copy Share Image
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater… — Harold Prince Absurd Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely… — Harold Prince Boat Copy Share Image
When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know… — Harold Prince Charge Copy Share Image
I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director. — Harold Prince Cinema Copy Share Image
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office,… — Harold Prince Box office Copy Share Image
Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all. — Harold Prince Behind Copy Share Image
There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed. — Harold Prince Always Copy Share Image
I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college. — Harold Prince About Copy Share Image
All these actors who died before I was born, all the theaters and the artistic movements - all that stuff fills you… — Harold Prince Actor Copy Share Image
Artistic self-indulgence is the mark of an amateur. The temptation to make scenes, to appear late, to call in sick, not to… — Harold Prince Art Copy Share Image
Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly. — Harold Prince Despite Copy Share Image
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably… — Harold Prince Always Copy Share Image
There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely… — Harold Prince Also Copy Share Image
It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience… — Harold Prince Bad Copy Share Image
Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art. — Harold Prince Art Copy Share Image
I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work… — Harold Prince Better Copy Share Image
I'm just really trying to say what I really mean, which is: 'Your eye's on the prize, your eye's on the future.… — Harold Prince Been Copy Share Image
Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of… — Harold Prince Creating Copy Share Image
I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. — Harold Prince Bigs Copy Share Image
