30 Harold Prince Quotes for You to Enjoy

Harold Prince

American Producer

Born: Jan 30, 1928

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I always liked the visuals to be choice and at the same time minimalist. And, I love black boxes. After all, that's what theatre is, it's an empty space, and it's both limited and unlimited because the space is the space, but what you can do with people's imaginations is really endless. Harold Prince

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The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of the good things is that no one can ever take my career away from me. No one can ever say, 'You can't be in the theater any more.' Harold Prince

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There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling. Harold Prince

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Ethel Merman would stay with a show for years and tour with it. So would Mary Martin, the great stars. They recognized the value of that success and nurtured it. Now, you come from Hollywood, you play 12 weeks and go away. I don't think that's the best policy. Harold Prince

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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art. Harold Prince

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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping. Harold Prince

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Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing. Harold Prince

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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that. Harold Prince

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I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. Harold Prince

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Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly. Harold Prince

You Remember Despite Rather Failures Lovingly Successes

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run. Harold Prince

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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation. Harold Prince

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Nobody has yet proven that taking a chance and doing something unique that an audience isn't used to is a bad idea. What the theater lacks is that kind of courage. Harold Prince

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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years. Harold Prince

You Run Hopefully Couple Years Hit Show

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. It's nice to know that a lot of wonderful things have happened to your life and that so much of it has been successful. That's great, but the work is really what makes it fun - and that has to be the future.' Harold Prince

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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out. Harold Prince

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I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything. Harold Prince

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I really like reaching out and seeing the audience - they're potential audiences! And on occasion I can make them excited about going to the theater again, if they've ceased or gone less. Harold Prince

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