Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

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'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.