Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.

Quote by Stephen Sondheim

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Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the...

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the...

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the...

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to...

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and...

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and...

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on...

One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on...

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

Nice is different than good.

Nice is different than good.

My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

There's something inimical about the camera and song.

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about...

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to...

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to...

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew:...

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got...

I would have been a geologist.

I would have been a geologist.