The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

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