years_active children birth_place religion name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
1960 -- present 2 chicago , illinois , u.s. jewish michael p. price 5 august 1938 jo-ann nevas price 1971 michael p. price
 michael paul price theatre producer ; artistic director
michael p. price

-lrb- born august 5 , 1938 -rrb- is the longest serving artistic director of a professional theatre in the united states .
as the executive director of goodspeed musicals since 1968 , he has produced more than 235 musicals , including 75 world premiers and transferred 19 productions to broadway , including the world premieres of shenandoah , man of la mancha and annie .
his productions have won 13 tony awards and 33 nominations .
he has also accepted two special tony awards on goodspeed 's behalf .
