Hal Prince is the original director of the Phantom of the Opera that played in London in 1986. It has been over two decades since then and Prince still can't get enough of the classic Broadway musical. He is still a major factor when it comes to Phantom of the Opera. Just recently he helped direct a smaller version of the production in Las Vegas... Read More with Video

Broadway changed Disney, Disney changed Broadway. The Disney Studios, in the late 1980s, produced a series of highly acclaimed animated musicals written by Broadway stage veteran writers. Since “Beauty and the Beast” was so successful on stage, “Lion King” was picked for the next screen to stage transformation. Disney asked the visionary avant-garde... Read More