Harold (Hal) Prince [Collaborations]

Tickets, Please! (April 27, 1950 to November 4, 1950)

Music and Lyrics By Lyn Duddy, Joan Edwards, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen and Clay
Warnick
Book By. Harry Herrmann, Edmund Rice, Jack Roche and Ted Luce
First Broadway credit for Hal Prince as Asst. Stage Manager

Wonderful Town (February 25, 1953 to July 3, 1954)

Music By. Leonard Bernstein

Lyrics By. Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Book By. Joseph A. Fields (Flower Drum Song) and Jerome Chodorov
First collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, as well as the first Stage Manager position for
Hal Prince

The Pajama Game (May 13, 1954 to November 24, 1956)

Music and Lyrics By. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Book By. George Abbott and Richard Bissell
First credit as a Co-Producer
1955 Tony Award for Best Musical

Damn Yankees (May 5, 1955 to October 12, 1957)

Music and Lyrics By. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

Book By. George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
1956 Tony Award for Best Musical
Last show written by Jerry Ross before his death in 1955
Hal Prince continued working as a co-producer on projects from 1954 to 1960

West Side Story (September 26, 1957 to June 27, 1959)

Music By. Leonard Bernstein

Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. Arthur Laurents
First time Hal Prince (co-producer) worked with Stephen Sondheim.
Sondheims first credit as a broadway lyricist

Fiorello (November 23, 1959 to October 28, 1961)

Music By. Jerry Bock

Lyrics By.Sheldon Harnick
Book By. George Abbott and Jerome Weidman
1960 Tony Award for Best Musical (co-producer)

Take Her, Shes Mine (December 21, 1961 to December 8, 1962)

Written By. Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron
First credit as a Producer

A Family Affair (January 27, 1962 to March 25, 1962)

Music, Lyrics and Book By. John Kander, James Goldman and William Goldman
First credit for Hal Prince as a Director
Originally planned to the directed by Jerome Robbins

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (May 8, 1962 to August 29,
1964)
Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
First show Sondheim wrote as a Composer/Lyricist
Produced By. Hal Prince
First Tony Award For Hal Prince For Best Producer of a Musical

Fiddler On The Roof (September 22,1964 to July 2, 1972)

Music By. Jerry Bock

Lyrics By. Sheldon Harnick
Book By. Joseph Stein (Rags)
Produced By. Hal Prince
Second Tony Award For Hal Prince For Best Producer of a Musical

Cabaret (November 20, 1966 to September 6, 1969)

Music By. John Kander

Lyrics By. Fred Ebb
Book By. Joe Masteroff
First show Sondheim wrote as a Composer/Lyricist
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
First Tony Award For Hal Prince For Best Direction of a Musical
Also won for Best Musical in 1967

Company (April 26, 1970 to January 1, 1972)

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. George Furth
Won six Tony awards including
Best Score, and Lyrics

 Best Book
Best Direction
Best Scenic Design
Best Musical
Produced
and Directed By. Hal Prince

Follies (April 4, 1971 to July 1, 1972)

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. James Goldman
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
1971 Drama Desk Award for Best Direction of a Musical
1972 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

A Little Night Music (February 25, 1973 to August 3, 1974 )

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. Hugh Wheeler
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
1973 Tony Awards for
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Score
and 3 others

Candide [Revival] (March 10, 1974 to January 4, 1976)

Music By. Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics By. Richard Wilbur, John La Touche and Dorothy Parker
Additional Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
Book
By. Lillian Hellman

Book Adapted By. Hugh Wheeler (A Little Night Music)

Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
1974 Tony Awards for
Best Book of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical
and 6 others

Pacific Overtures (January 11, 1976 to June 27, 1976 )

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. John Weidman (Anything Goes, Assassins)
Additional Material By. Hugh Wheeler
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince

Sweeney Todd (March 1, 1979 to June 29, 1980)

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. Hugh Wheeler
Directed By. Hal Prince
1979 Tony Award for
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Score
Best Direction of a Musical
and 4 others

Merrily We Roll Along (November 16, 1981 to November 28, 1981)

Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. George Furth (Company)
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
Marked the end of Sondheim and Princes collaborations until Bounce in 2003

Kiss of the Spider Woman (May 3, 1993 to July 1, 1995)

Music By. John Kander

Lyrics By. Fred Ebb
Book By. Terrence McNally
Directed By. Hal Prince
1993 Tony Awards for
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
and 4 others

Bounce/ Road Show/ Wise Guys/ Gold! (June 20, 2003 to ____________ )
Music and Lyrics By. Stephen Sondheim
Book By. John Weidman
Produced and Directed By. Hal Prince
Little Success due to many flaws, and reasons including legal issues between Sondheim
and Weidman