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

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

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.

I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.

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 don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.