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

I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

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

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.

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.

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