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

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

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.

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.

The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes.