There was talk of a Prince of Broadway appearing on the Broadway stage in 2012, which, it was reported, was to star Sierra Boggess, Richard Kind and Emily Skinner. This production never came to fruition, but now, we understand that the New York Post has indicated that this premiere may be happening in Autumn of 2017.
The Prince of Broadway is a musical which honours the life and works of Harold Smith “Hal” Prince, who is an American producer and director of many theatre productions and has received 21 Tony Awards, 8 of those are for directing and 8 for producing, and including 3 special awards.
It is rumoured that the musical will be brought to the stage of the MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway and will be directed by Harold Prince himself, with choreography by Susan Stroman, who is also a multi-Tony Award winner, winning 4 for Best Choreography and one for Best Director of a Musical for The Producers.
Prince of Broadway covers the ups and downs of a 60-year career in the theatre, and which were part of his creation of productions such as West Side Story, The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of the Opera, Evita and Company.