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. Harold Prince More Quotes by Harold Prince More Quotes From Harold Prince You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic. Harold Prince thinking It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical. Harold Prince nice worry night 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. Harold Prince chaos thrive enjoy I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like. Harold Prince good-times theatre shows I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on. Harold Prince golden musical age I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to. Harold Prince book people thinking Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage. Harold Prince because-i-can advantage remember I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping. Harold Prince stopping past thinking What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on. Harold Prince new-work musical missing I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons. Harold Prince priorities wish people I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different. Harold Prince ties night people I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it. Harold Prince saws emotional nine I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place. Harold Prince crazy blood years I've never been able to understand where great artists come from. Harold Prince great-artist able artist I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me. Harold Prince boat shows Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all. Harold Prince trends want thinking The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values. Harold Prince depressing believe ideas I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot. Harold Prince feet sides men I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college. Harold Prince saws nine college The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same. Harold Prince absurd truth-is reason
