Broadway legend Hal Prince, director behind Phantom, Evita and West Side Story, dead at 91
- Stars mourn late theatre giant, who won 21 Tony Awards over his 50-year career
- Prince died on Wednesday after brief illness in Iceland
Hal Prince, who racked up more than 20 Tony Awards over a legendary 50-year Broadway career, died on Wednesday after a brief illness in Iceland, his publicist said.
He was 91.
Prince, born and raised in Manhattan, was the director behind iconic Broadway hits including West Side Story (1958), Cabaret (1966), Company (1970), Evita (1979) and The Phantom of the Opera (1988).
Over his career, Prince, who started out as an assistant stage manager after two years in the army during the Korean war, won 21 Tony Awards, more than any other individual, including best musical for The Pajama Game in 1954, Damn Yankees in 1955 and Fiddler on the Roof in 1965.
Prince’s Fiddler, which he produced alongside director Jerome Robbins and star Zero Mostel, was, for a time, the longest-running show in Broadway history with more than 3,000 performances between 1964 and 1972.