Prince Music Theater
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The Prince Music Theater was a non-profit theatrical producing organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and specializing in music theatre, including opera, music drama, musical comedy and experimental forms. At its height, it was run by managing director Joe Farina. It was run into the ground by Artistic Director Marjorie Samoff. It has been up for sheriff's sale several times and has been reduced to small rentals.
[edit] Works
Artistic benchmarks have included the world premieres of
- Julie Taymor/Elliott Goldenthal's & Sidney Goldfarb's The Transposed Heads
- Duke Ellington's Queenie Pie
- Emily Mann/Ntozake Shange/Baikida Carroll's Betsy Brown, Gospel at Colonus
- David Henry Hwang/Philip Glass/Jerome Sirlin's 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
- Adam Guettel & Tina Landau's Floyd Collins
- Harry Partch's Revelation in the Courthouse Park
- Harold Prince's 3hree; Chasing Nicolette; Gemini: The Musical, by Charlie Gilbert and Albert Innaurato; Fro; Frida; Black Water; The Green Violin
and distinguished revivals of Strike Up the Band, Love Life, St. Louis Woman, Pal Joey, Lady in the Dark, Myths & Humns by Adam Guettel, Dreamgirls, Annie Get Your Gun, Hair and Aint Misbehavin
