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

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

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.

Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

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

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