Prince has received the Tony Award an unprecedented 21 times. He is currently represented on Broadway as the director of the long-running The Phantom of the Opera.

His newest show, Prince of Broadway, which celebrates his six-decade career in the theater, is scheduled to open on Broadway in Fall 2013.

Prior recipients of the Stephen Sondheim Award are actresses Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, and Patti LuPone.