Im always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.

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.

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

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.

Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.

Im always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.

Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.