Prince has directed and/or produced more than 50 musicals, plays and operas around the world. Hailed internationally as one of the foremost directors of our time, Prince apprenticed to the legendary director George Abbott in the early 1950s and has collaborated for years with composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Abbott was a 1911 Rochester graduate.
Among the shows Prince has directed are some of the best-loved productions in the history of American theater: Show Boat, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Sweeney Todd, Candide, A Little Night Music, Follies, and Cabaret.
Prince has won 20 Tony Awards, several Critics Circle awards, and a Pulitzer Prize, and he is a 1994 Kennedy Center honoree.
Born in New York City in 1928, Prince graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1948.
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