Hal Prince, A Director's Life - link

In case you missed the excellent "Hal Prince, A Director's Life" on PBS, here's a link which expires Dec 21.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/harold-prince-the-directors-life-full-film/9138/

Enjoy!

Wonderful use of animation.

allery said: "Sadly the PBS affiliate in my city did not play this program and I would love to see it. Is there anyway to watch that video outside of the country"

On the BWW app, BWW has posted a link above the main chat room threads. It appears you can watch the video without leaving the app. Could that work work for you?

I'm told it's also available from the Apple TV PBS app (likely also Chromecast, Amazon Fire, & Roku). It could also be limited by location within the app, but it's worth a shot.

Updated On: 11/25/18 at 12:10 PM

THANK YOU for this thread! This will be my On Demand viewing treat for tomorrow morning. I would have missed it, otherwise. Can't wait. I played in a pit orchestra for Pajama Game - regional theater. Those were the days. Good times!

I finally watched this. It is fantastic. What rich content - so comprehensive. I particularly enjoyed how the narrative on his contribution to the theater is broken into topic segments - each segment introduced with delightful drawings. The archival footage reminded me of some I saw in a course I took about Stephen Sondheim - a rehearsal which included clips of a young Mandy Patinkin and Elaine Stritch - I tried to google it without success. I totally agree with Stroman who commented that Mr. Prince's initial rehearsal meet up would attract an audience - how wonderful it would be to personally listen to his genius mind at work. Again, my thanks to you, Sondheimite, for this thread which alerted me to the program while it was still available On Demand. I feel like I just spent my evening at the theater. There is surely nothing better!

ETA: Out here in CA, I was able to see it that way tonight, thank goodness. But, at least it's possible through the PBS site otherwise. It's certainly Must See TV as the phrase goes.

Updated On: 11/29/18 at 01:09 AM

I was compelled to read more about Mr. Prince. I found this article: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/apr/07/harold-prince-theatre-musicals-interview-at-90 and I looked up some books about him. His recent autobiography received some mixed reviews: Sense of Occasion. A biography on him, Harold Prince: A Director's Journey by Carol Ilson had one rave review, any suggestions which would be preferable?

This is a GREAT documentary. My only complaint is that is was not longer. I could literally listen to Harold Prince talk about directing and the theatre for hours and not grow wary. Thank you so much for sharing this, MarkBearSF!

I seem to recall that the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts had some of his models on exhibition in the not too distant past, so they may still have some of the models in their collection. Hal Prince may also have some in his personal collection. The University of Texas at Austin also acquired some of his collection back in the 90s, though I'm not sure if they have any of the models or just his research and drawings.