You can't remember what movie you saw two weeks ago, but you can remember what Broadway show you saw two weeks ago and where you ate dinner - everything about it. There's something about live theatre that hits you in the heart.

I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.

I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all - immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping into joy - it saves you.

I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.

I don't want to work with someone who's nervous, I want to work with someone who is fearless

I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part of me. It was a part of my family.

It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle.