The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

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.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Choose to be kind. Choose to forgive. Let your love grow and shine so that people may look at the example of your life and glorify God in Heaven.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

I don't worry about my opponent or their game, I worry about my game.

Our victory was a victory and a win for conservative values.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

The greatest happiness is family happiness.

It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.

Blessings on him, who invented sleep.

When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.