We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

I think we've come a long way since then. The big thing that changed was when ecstasy came along in Britain.

Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a rational world would not be an issue.

We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.

She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.

I think the world should be one community.

At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage.