American - Producer | January 30, 1928 -
Producing should be a creative responsibility.
Harold Prince
ResponsibilityCreativeShould
You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.
RomanticThinkYouAlwaysMustBeen
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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Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.
HopeMistakeThinkBetterYouWant
I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.
AlwaysSuccessfulBeenSomeMany
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.
GreatUnderstandNeverWhereArtists
I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.
WantDirectorJustExtravagant
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.
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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 better when I am enjoying it.
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