Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.

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.

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

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

Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.

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