'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

Producing should be a creative responsibility.

I’m always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.

I didn’t go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.

I wouldn’t want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

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

Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don’t think that’s a good trend for the theater at all.

There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It’s the lack of creative producers that is troubling.

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