Beginning with the 2020 ceremony, the Drama Desk Awards will honor the memory of Harold Prince with the presentation of the Harold Prince Award, recognizing an individual for a lifetime achievement of outstanding contributions to the theatre. The director-producer will posthumously receive the inaugural, namesake honor.
As previously announced, the 65th annual ceremony will take place May 31. Rather than the usual Town Hall gathering, this year's event will take place remotely on NY1 in a televised special due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"Hal" Prince earned 10 Drama Desk Awards over the course of his career, in addition to 21 Tony Awards. His stamp on the American theatre includes the original stagings of Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, Follies, Company, and A Little Night Music—each of which earned him Drama Desks. He died July 31, 2019, at the age of 91. “It is nearly impossible to overstate Hal Prince’s contributions to the theatre community, both onstage and off,” Drama Desk Co-Presidents Charles Wright and David Barbour said in a joint statement. “Through countless productions over the course of his life, Mr. Prince’s legacy is reflected every day on Broadway and beyond, and we are thrilled to honor that legacy with the establishment of The Harold Prince Award.”
The Pajama Game Playbill - Nov 1956
West Side Story Playbill - September 1958
Fiorello! Playbill - Aug 1960
Tenderloin
A Call on Kuprin
Take Her, She's Mine
A Family Affair
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Playbill - July 1962
She Loves Me
Fiddler on the Roof Playbill - Sept 1964
Poor Bitos
Baker Street
Flora the Red Menace
"It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman"
Cabaret Playbill - March 1967
Zorba
The Great God Brown
A Little Night Music Playbill - Sept 1973
The Visit
Candide
Love for Love
Pacific Overtures
Side by Side by Sondheim Playbill - March 1978
Some of My Best Friends
Sweeney Todd
Evita Playbill - Opening Night, Sept 1979
Merrily We Roll Along
A Doll's Life
Play Memory
End of the World
Grind
Roza
Cabaret
The Phantom of the Opera Playbill - Opening Night, Jan 1988
Kiss of the Spider Woman Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
Show Boat Playbill
Candide
Parade
Hollywood Arms
Lovemusik
Prince of Broadway Playbill - Opening Night
