In between, Prince earned awards as both producer and director.

Though world-famous by now, many of those musicals started with unusual premises.

Popular music was the music of musicals, and it isnt anymore,Prince told NPR in 2017.

Portrait of theater director Hal Prince. (Photo by Ray Fisher/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)

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Toward the end of his life, Prince started to look back on his achievements.

Evan Handler portrayed Prince in the 2019 FX seriesFosse/Verdon.