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

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

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot.

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

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

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

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