THEATRE NEWS:
Dancap aims to be Prince of Broadway
20 JUN/11

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

TORONTO - Hal Prince is headed back to Broadway — once again, via Toronto.


Aubrey Dan and his Dancap Productions, Inc. announced the creative team for a new musical titled Prince of Broadway on Monday — a musical that will feature an array of tunes from shows that Prince has brought to Broadway in a remarkable career that has earned the showman a total of 21 Tony Awards.

Prince of Broadway is slated to hit the Toronto stage in the summer of 2012, with a Broadway opening planned for the fall of that year. Prince himself has signed on to co-direct the project, in company with legendary choreographer/director Susan Stroman. David Thompson is charged with creating the book, while Jason Robert Brown will write the vocal and dance arrangements for musical director Eric Stern. Scenic design and projections are in the hands of Jerome Sirlin, while William Ivey Long will design costumes, Howell Binkley lighting and Peter Hylenski, sound.


As for songs, they’ve got quite a songbook from which to choose. From Pyjama Game and West Side Story to Kiss of The Spider Woman, Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of The Opera, Follies and Fiddler on the Roof, Prince’s 60-year career in show business offers a veritable goldmine of hits.