I hate sitting around a table and talking about what a play might mean. I'm the person who's always like, 'Can we get up on our feet and just do it?
Norbert Leo ButzI don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and I do think there's a correlation between the ambition that a lot of people have, in terms of financial remuneration, and the loss of core values.
Norbert Leo ButzI was in the original cast of Wicked, and that got a bad review in The New York Times, and itโs the most successful thing thatโs ever been put onstage.
Norbert Leo ButzIf you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.
Norbert Leo ButzIt's thrilling to be onstage and to not know, literally, what the next moment is going to bring. To just submit to the not-knowing-ness of it.
Norbert Leo Butz