A few years later, when I was still going to these meetings, I was also "second-acting" every Broadway show [walking in with the crowd after intermission]. I snuck in to see Grease with John Travolta in kind of a secondary part and Adrienne Barbeau playing Rizzo, into Pippin, hung out with Ben Vereen and Bob Fosse. It was an amazing time for a teenager.

I'm a horrible karaoke singer.

I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.

To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

All of the [Bob] Fosse-esque movements and point of view informed years and years of what I would do.