Creativity is a form of knowledge.

I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level.

At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather giving the audience a voice and a role in experiencing theater.

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.

The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.