Take a play that you like but you think is flawed, and see if you can improve it and turn it into a musical. [...] Then make up your own story.

White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.

Pointillism takes emotional images, character, etc., and makes them all come together and make a whole that tells a story.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.

Teaching is a sacred profession. And art is a form of teaching.

Nice is different than good.