Prince Music Theater

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Prince Music Theater front entrance and marquee
Address 1412 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia PA 19102,
United States
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′03″N 75°09′53″W / 39.950878°N 75.164675°W / 39.950878; -75.164675Coordinates: 39°57′03″N 75°09′53″W / 39.950878°N 75.164675°W / 39.950878; -75.164675
Type theatre, performing arts center, Opera house, Concert Hall, movie theater
Genre(s) Musical theatre, opera, Film, theatre, Dance, world music
Opened founded in 1984, as the American Music Theater Festival. Established at this location in 1999, as the Prince Music Theater
Capacity Gisela and Dennis Alter Mainstage: 446 seats, Independence Foundation Black Box: 120-160 seats
Website princemusictheater.org

The Prince Music Theater is a non-profit theatrical producing organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and specializing in music theatre, including opera, music drama, musical comedy and experimental forms. Founded in 1984 as the American Music Theater Festival by Marjorie Samoff, Eric Salzman and Ron Kaiserman, the Prince Music Theater is one of the Philadelphia’s premiere cultural destinations. For the first 15 years AMTF performed in various venues throughout Philadelphia. In March 1999,[1] AMTF moved into the renovated Midtown Theater and changed its name in honor of Harold Prince,[2] the legendary Broadway producer and director. AMTF/Prince Music Theater has produced 92 world premieres and has sent 81 productions to theaters in New York and worldwide.

Works

Artistic benchmarks have included the world premieres of

and distinguished revivals of Strike Up the Band, Love Life, St. Louis Woman, Pal Joey, Lady in the Dark, Adam Guettel's Myths & Hymns, Dreamgirls, Annie Get Your Gun, Hair and Ain't Misbehavin'.

Prince Music Theater logo

Notable Press

  • "The foremost presenter of new and adventurous music theater works in the country." TIME Magazine[3]
  • "Philadelphia's Premiere Factory." The Washington Post[4]
  • "Floyd Collins... has large ambitions, and lives up to them." The New York Times[5]
  • "Long Live The Prince!" The Philadelphia Inquirer[1]
  • "Hey, They Do Write 'Em Like They Used To... Everything old can seem new again... That is the delightful lesson of 3hree...presented in a snappily renovated former movie house, the Prince Music Theater." The New York Times[6]
  • "Spotlighting emerging musical theater artists, 3hree demonstrates that even the most talented among us need a place to begin, to wrestle with a complex, collaborative art form in manageable pieces. The show... lifts off and soars... inspiring great hope for the future of the American musical." Variety[7]
  • "Enterprising and ambitious productions" Philadelphia City Paper[8]
Inside the mainstage auditorium

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keating, Doug (March 16, 1999). "Princely Debut: The city's latest theatrical venue". Philadelphia Inquirer. 
  2. ↑ "Prince at Prince: Director to Stage New Musical at Philly Theatre That Bears His Name". Playbill. April 28, 2000. 
  3. ↑ Walsh, Michael (October 26, 1987). "Music: Elvis Meets the Bacchae In Philadelphia, two new musicals - or are they really operas?". TIME Magazine. 
  4. ↑ McLellan, Joseph (April 22, 1990). "Philadelphia's Premiere-Factory; Seven Seasons of the Music Theater Festival". Washington Post. 
  5. ↑ Pareles, Jon (April 18, 1994). "Review/Theater - FLOYD COLLINS; Dreamers and Exploiters in a Slice of Americana". New York Times. 
  6. ↑ Weber, Bruce (November 16, 2000). "Review/Theater - 3HREE: Hey, They Do Write 'Em Like They Used To ...". New York Times. 
  7. ↑ Zinman, Toby (November 13, 2000). "Review of 3hree". Variety. 
  8. ↑ Fox, David Anthony (April 12, 2001). "Flow - Exquisite details and a strutting diva, too: An unexpected blend at the Prince. Review of The Silver River". Philadelphia City Paper. 

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