Harold Prince

Broadway producer

Graduating from the University of Pennsylvania at age 19, Prince looked for a way to break into the theater. Prince offered George Abbott his services, and the older man gave him a job running simple errands. Abbott often had a number of projects in the works simultaneously, and Prince soon graduated to doctoring television scripts and stage managing Abbott's touring productions. On returning from the service, Prince went back to work for George Abbott, stage managing Wonderful Town, a show that reunited composer Bernstein with lyricists Comden and Green. By age 26, Prince felt ready to try his wings as a producer. In partnership with fellow Abbott protégé Robert E. Griffith, he acquired the rights to a popular novel, 7 1/2 Cents, a comic depiction of a strike in a pajama factory. The resulting show, The Pajama Game, was the surprise hit of the 1954 season; it immediately recouped its investment and won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Musical of the Year. Prince and Griffith followed their first hit quickly with Damn Yankees, based on another popular novel, about an aging baseball fan who sells his soul to the devil to become a young ball player and lead his beloved Washington Senators to victory. Robert Griffith died in 1961, and Prince continued on his own, supported by an army of loyal investors. Prince produced Stephen Sondheim's first Broadway musical as a composer, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum. Prince embarked on an intense collaboration with his old friend Stephen Sondheim, creating a series of productions that marked a high point in the development of the musical theater. In 2006, Harold Prince was presented the special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. With over 50 plays, musicals and operas to his credit, Harold Prince has won a record-setting 21 Tonys -- more than any other individual -- including eight for directing, eight for producing, two as producer of the year's Best Musical and three special awards.

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Dorothy F Knecht	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List
Donald Sussman	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List, Alan Grayson
Conrad Cafritz	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Charles Spittal Robb, Sidney Richard Yates, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List
Jane D Hartley	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Joe Kennedy III
Leonard A Lauder	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Joe Kennedy III
Tom Downey	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
George W Krumme	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List
Chester Greenough Atkins	Harvey B Gantt, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Charles Spittal Robb, Democratic National Committee, Alexander M Sanders Jr, Joe Kennedy III
A Jerrold Perenchio	Harvey B Gantt, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Charles Spittal Robb, Claiborne Pell, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Steven Spielberg	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Mathilde Krim, PhD	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Claiborne Pell, Wyche Fowler Jr, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Bruce N Berger	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List
Burton P Resnick	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Alan L Wurtzel	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Neil Bluhm	Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Charles Spittal Robb, Claiborne Pell, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
J.B. Pritzker	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Sidney Richard Yates, Claiborne Pell, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Joseph N Onek	Harvey B Gantt, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mark Green
Gerald Schuster	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Joe Kennedy III
Herbert Sandler	Harvey B Gantt, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Carolyn McCarthy, Barack Obama, Charles Spittal Robb, Claiborne Pell, Wyche Fowler Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Alexander M Sanders Jr
A Alfred Taubman	Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List, Elizabeth Holtzman

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