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"All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists."
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"I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot."
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"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."
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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
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"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."
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"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."
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"The theater is magical and addictive."
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"I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star."
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"The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen."
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"I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre."
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"All of a sudden Kevin told me that the movie got bought and was gonna be shown in a movie theatre. I was shocked. I was psyched. It was just weird."
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"When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't."
Growing up
"The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them."
Country
"The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service."
Service
"I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra."
Acting
"Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure."
Music
"By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur."
Time
"I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged."
Want
"So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work."
Work
"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."
Play
"If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it."
Work
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