I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

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

It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

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.

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.