Put an Osaka in it, Hal

The American Theatre Wing staged a nice tribute to Hal Prince at the Plaza Hotel on Monday night. And Wing chairman William Ivey Long let slip some news about “The Prince of Broadway,” Prince’s autobiographical show that’s had ෴trouble getting financed.

“I have been working on ‘The Prince of Broa𝐆dway’ for 27 years,” Long joked. “And I hear it is finally going to be done by people w🌳ho know how to put on a show in a land across the ocean.”

Everybody waited for him to say, “England.”

But no. “Japan!” he said.

Now that’s some out-of-town tryout — about 7,000 miles ou😼t of to🧸wn.

Talk about “Pacific Overtures”!

“The Prince of Broadway” will be produced in 2015 at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka. The original creative team, including Long and director Susan Stroman, are sticking with it, as are cast members Sierra Boggess, Emily Skinner a꧒nd Richardꦑ Kind, all of whom performed songs from Prince shows at the tribute.

(Linda Lavin’s out; she’s got a TV gig.)

“The Prince of Broadway” has been in the works for, if not quite 27 years, then quite a few. The oriꦏginal producer was Aubrey Dan, a dilettante with a billionaire daddy. But Daddy apparently pulled the plug on little Aubrey’s theatrical spending spree, and the show was cut loose.

It was then picked up by Tom Viertel and Richard Frankel, whose shows include “The Producers” and “Hairspray.” But they took a bath on “Leap of Faith” last season and have their hands full running the cab🦋aret space 54 Below, which, despite its popularity — I’m a fan — isn’t an easy business.

One problem in producing the show was its cost — nearly $10 m🦹illion, which, for a revue, seemed excessive to some investors.

But Prince’s new backers from Japan have plenty of yen. They own the Japanese railway system. They’ve prꦍoduced Prince’s shows in the past, including “The Phantom of the Opera,” which probably paid for a few club cars.

“The budget w꧅ill not be a problem!” says a source.

Rehearsals will be here in New York, and then everybody wil🅘l decamp to Osaka, where, I’m told, they’ll be put up in a luxurious hotel owned by the Umeda people.

(Hello, Umeda Arts Theater — I’m available for speaဣking e🌊ngagements!)

After a limited engagement in Japan, the Umeda p🌌eople plan to open the show on Bro🐎adway in the spring of 2016.

Prince narrates the show — asജ a talking Al Hirschfeld hologram.

🤪Hologram Hal, his new nickname, even sings a song in the show — “Are You Havin’ Any Fun?” from “George White’s Scandals of 1939,” which Prince saw as a kid. The theme of the show is luck, and how good (or bad) fortune can send your life spinning in a new direction.

On the whole, as Prince said at the Wing gala, ꦯhe’s had a pretty decent run, as the producer or director of some of Broadway’s most beloved shows — “West Side Story,” “A Little Night Music,” “Follies,” “Fiddler 🍎on the Roof” and, of course, “The Phantom,” which, I’m told, has made him the richest director in Broadway history.

He’s 85, but 𒈔he seemed his sprightly old self at the gala.

Is he still havin’ any fun?

You betcha!

‘Here Lies Love,” the club show about Imelda Marcos that 🌞had a sold-out run this summer at the Public, has found a new home.

It will transfer to the baseme✱nt of the Hotel Pennsylvania near Penn Station later this year for an open-ended engage🤡ment.

The💝 basement is being turned into a nightclub to house the show. Th♒ere are no seats — patrons stand up and dance to the music of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim.

I mꦉissed it at the Pub🐈lic, but I’m certainly going to check out this “Evita”-inspired musical in its new digs.