I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?

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.

Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.

It is our responsibility to discover our talents, to accept them as from God, to develop them through education and training, and to use them for His glory.

The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid.

My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.

Everybody is looking for Krishna. Some don't realize that they are, but they are.

When I come to work each day, whether as a commentator for TheStreet.com or a host of Mad Money With Jim Cramer, I have only one thought in mind: helping people with their money.

People want movies to be one thing or another; they want it be fact or fiction.

I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those.

We are not loved by our friends for what we are; rather, we are loved in spite of what we are.

The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an instrument.