I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.

I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

I have a terrible memory because I'm not interested in the past. It's done, it's done.

A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.

I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

It's a terrible shame if you're born the brightest guy in your class. If you're not, then you have to hustle-and that's good.

I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

I wonder if anyone can ever succeed in making their children content.

As the Quakers say, "When you pray, move your feet."

Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.

I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.

This is the way I want to die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song.

If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.

When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin with his big-swollen face?

The magic never worked! The only thing we’re left with is regret.