Despite the successes, you remember the failures - rather lovingly.

I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn’t anticipate. It’s really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you’ve never got it all nailed.

I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

I would like to see more new productions of new material by new composers/lyricists/book writers. I would like to see people take more chances. I think because everything costs so much they're not taking the chances they used to.