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


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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.

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.

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.



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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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



The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.





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You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving.

You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving.



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Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.

Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.



It's that kind of choice of a woman - to go with the nice guy or the nasty guy. And I think that all women get to make that choice and they always go for the suave, nasty guy. It's a fact of life.

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Every time I'm in a foreign place and a different city, I'm always asking around to say, OK, well, what's special here in this particular place? What makes these people move here and why?



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Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind.



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