I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.

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.

I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.

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

Stay a child while you can be a child.