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

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

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

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

Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

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

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.