It's not enough for me to cover theater, I have to throw myself around every other art form, and do so thoroughly and relentlessly.

For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple 'em all together. But publishers have been resistent, feeling the material dates.

In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.

I'm deeply driven and want my finger stuck in every pot there is.

I'm just a simple kid from Brooklyn who landed into the most enchanted lifestyle imaginable.

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

I can't drive, so I can only live in New York, which is fine with me.