What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

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

When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore.

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

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'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

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.