A Conversation with Eric Price
on the craft of lyric writing, his years as Hal Prince's assistant, and winning the 2026 Kleban Prize
It was a pleasure to speak this week to Eric Price—newly honored with the prestigious Kleban Prize—about the craft of lyric writing, creative partnership, and theatrical apprenticeship. A longtime assistant to Hal Prince, Price reflects on learning the art form at close quarters, sitting in rooms with Sondheim, and absorbing, day by day, a standard of r…