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I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

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I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.

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What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

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Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'

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I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.

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The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.

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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.

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

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I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: January 30th, 1928

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