I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

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

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

I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

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 was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.

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.