Ovation TV to begin 2-week long Broadway Festival with Hal Prince documentary

Starting June 6th, Ovation TV begins a two week, on air, Broadway Festival, where viewers can catch: “Mr. Prince,” the new documentary about the legendary Hal Prince in addition to performances of “Cabaret”, “Victor/Victoria”, “New York, New York” to name a few. They will also air other great programs in the Broadway series, including ‘Making of Phantom of the Opera’ and the documentary, ‘Annie” Life After Tomorrow’, which features Sarah Jessica Parker.  Here’s a trailer for this exciting documentary:

For a complete list of all the stage shows that Hal Prince has been involved in, starting with the 1950 “Ticket Please!”, where Mr. Prince served as assistant stage manager, click on “Read More”.

Harold Prince’s productions

• Tickets, Please! (1950) – assistant stage manager
• Call Me Madam (1950) – assistant stage manager
• Wonderful Town (1953) – stage manager
• The Pajama Game (1954) – co-producer
• Damn Yankees (1955) – co-producer
• New Girl in Town (1957) – co-producer
• West Side Story (1957) – co-producer
• Fiorello! (1959) – co-producer
• West Side Story (1960) – co-producer
• Tenderloin (1960) – co-producer
• A Call on Kuprin (1961) – producer
• Take Her, She’s Mine (1961) – producer
• A Family Affair (1962) – director
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962) – producer
• She Loves Me (1963) – producer, director
• Fiddler on the Roof (1964) – producer
• Baker Street (1964) – director
• Flora, The Red Menace (1965) – producer
• It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman (1966) – producer, director
• Cabaret (1966) – producer, director
• Zorba (1968) – producer, director
• Company (1970) – producer, director
• Follies (1971) – producer, director
• The Great God Brown (1972) – artistic director
• Don Juan (1972) – artistic director
• A Little Night Music (1973) – director, producer
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973) – performer
• The Visit (1973) – director
• Chemin de Fer (1973) – artistic director
• Holiday (1973- artistic director
• Candide (1974) – producer, director
• Love for Love (1974) – director
• The Member of the Wedding (1975) – artistic director
• The Rules of the Game (1974) – artistic director
• Pacific Overtures (1976) – producer, director
• Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) – producer
• Some of My Best Friends (1977) – director
• On the Twentieth Century (1978) – director
• Sweeney Todd (1979) – director
• Evita (1979) – director
• Merrily We Roll Along (1981) – director
• Willie Stark (1981) – director
• A Doll’s Life (1982) – producer, director
• Play Memory (1984) – director
• Grind (1985) – producer
• Roza (musical) (1987) – director
• Cabaret (1987) – director
• The Phantom of the Opera (1986) – director
• Grandchild Of Kings (1991) – adaptation (from the stories of Sean O’Casey) director
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993) – director
• Show Boat (1994) – director
• The Petrified Prince (1994) – director
• Candide (1997) – director
• Parade (1998) – director, co-conceiver
• 3hree) – 2000) – supervisor, director (The Flight of the Lawnchair Man)
• Hollywood Arms) – 2002) – producer, director
• Bounce (2003) – director
• Lovemusik (2007) – director

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical – The Pajama Game (producer)
• 1956 Tony Award for Best Musical – Damn Yankees (producer)
• 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical – Fiorello! (producer)
• 1963 Tony Award for Best Musical -
  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (producer)
• 1963 Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical -
  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical – Fiddler on the Roof (producer)
• 1965 Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical – Fiddler on the Roof
• 1967 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Cabaret
• 1967 Tony Award for Best Musical – Cabaret (producer)
• 1970 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – Company
• 1971 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – Follies
• 1971 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Company
• 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical – Company (producer)
• 1972 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Follies
• 1972 Tony Award Special Award – Fiddler on the Roof
• 1973 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – A Little Night Music
• 1973 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – The Great God Brown
• 1973 Tony Award for Best Musical – A Little Night Music (producer)
• 1974 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – Candide
• 1974 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director – The Visit
• 1974 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Candide
• 1974 Tony Award Special Award – Candide
• 1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Sweeney Todd
• 1979 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Sweeney Todd
• 1980 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Evita
• 1980 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Evita
• 1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical -
  The Phantom of the Opera
• 1988 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – The Phantom of the Opera
• 1995 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Show Boat
• 1995 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Show Boat
• 2006 Tony Award Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement

Nominations

• 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical – New Girl in Town (producer)
• 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical – West Side Story (producer)
• 1964 Tony Award for Best Direction (Musical) – She Loves Me
• 1964 Tony Award for Best Musical – She Loves Me (producer)
• 1964 Tony Award for Best Producer (Musical) – She Loves Me
• 1969 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Zorba
• 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical – Zorba (producer)
• 1972 Tony Award for Best Musical – Follies (producer)
• 1973 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – A Little Night Music
• 1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Pacific Overtures
• 1976 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical/Book – Pacific Overtures (producer)
• 1976 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Pacific Overtures
• 1976 Tony Award for Best Musical – Pacific Overtures (producer)
• 1977 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience – Side by Side by Sondheim
• 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical – Side by Side by Sondheim (producer)
• 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – On the Twentieth Century
• 1985 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Grind
• 1985 Tony Award for Best Musical – Grind (producer)
• 1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Cabaret
• 1993 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Kiss of the Spider Woman
• 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Parade
• 1999 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – Parade
• 2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical – Lovemusik

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