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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. Sondheim’s 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)

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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 ManagerWonderful 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 PrinceThe 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 MusicalDamn 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 1960West 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 RobbinsA 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 MusicalFiddler 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 MusicalCabaret (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 1967Company (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 PrinceFollies (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 MusicalA 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 othersCandide [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 othersPacific 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 PrinceSweeney 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 othersMerrily 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 2003Kiss 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 othersBounce/ 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