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

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

It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.

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.

I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

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

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.