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.

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 saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.

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

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.

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.