Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

I'm an American playwright. Tennessee Williams got in all our DNA.

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.

I'm sure there are some good dramaturgs but I've never worked with one.

I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted.

Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play. It seems like spelling out mysterious, musical details can destroy a play by making the motivations too clear, too simplex.