Sense of Occasion
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(Applause Books). In this fast-moving, candid, conversational, and entertaining memoir, Harold Prince, the most honored director in the history of the American theater (22 Tony Awards and counting), looks back over his 70-year (and counting!) career. Featuring original material from Contradictions: Notes on Twenty-Six Years in the Theatre , Prince provides a fresh, new perspective on his writing from the vantage point of today. Sense of Occasion gives an insider's recollection of the making of such landmark musicals as West Side Story , Fiddler on the Roof , Cabaret , Company , Follies , Sweeney Todd , Evita , and Phantom of the Opera , with Prince's perceptive comments about his mentor George Abbott and his many celebrated collaborators, including Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, John Kander, Boris Aronson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Zero Mostel, Carol Burnett, and Joel Grey. As well as detailing his titanic successes that changed the form and content of the American musical theater, Prince even-handedly reflects on the shows that didn't work, most memorably and painfully Merrily We Roll Along . Throughout, he offers insights into the way business is conducted on Broadway, drawing sharp contrasts between past and present. This thoughtful, complete account of one of the most legendary and long-lived careers in theater history, written by the man who lived it, is an essential work of personal and professional recollection.
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08/01/2017
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Harold Prince. (2017). Sense of Occasion. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harold Prince. 2017. Sense of Occasion. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.
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Starred review from October 15, 2017
Producer, director, and playwright Prince has worked in show business since he was 19. Now 89, and with a career spanning seven decades, he has won 21 Tony Awards, including eight for directing and ten for producing. His first hit was The Pajama Game. He's had his flops along the way, but it's hard to fault the number and quality of his successes: West Side Story, A Funny Thing..., Company, Follies, Phantom of the Opera. In 1974, after many years working on Broadway, he published Contradictions, a part memoir, part reflection on the state of theater and an expression of love for his difficult mistress, the theater. He's updated that book here, adding comments on the already published chapters and appended sections covering from 1974 to today. It's the type of book that could easily become hackneyed, a self-serving march through past triumphs. That it isn't is a tribute to this passionate, intelligent man who has had years of unparalleled access to the greats and near-greats of Broadway and wishes to share what he's learned. VERDICT Perceptive, fresh, and engagingly modest, this book will prove irresistible to theater lovers everywhere.--David Keymer, Cleveland
Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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