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Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait...

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Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait...

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

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

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

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

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background....

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One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background....

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

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I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and...

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

I would have been a geologist.

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I would have been a geologist.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

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If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have...

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's...

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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's...

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

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

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

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

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Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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

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

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

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When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing...

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When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing...

You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...

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You can't have personal investors anymore because it's too expensive, so you have to have...