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

I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

I was nine. I saw Orson Welles in 'Julius Caesar.' It was involving, emotional, imaginative. I've never forgotten it.

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

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.

Nothing is staged exactly as it was, because I can't remember - and I consider that an advantage.