So Many Good Songs Get

Sometimes Colleagues In Performance Are Absolutely Astonishing.

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.

Musicals Are, By Nature, Theatrical, Meaning Poetic, Meaning Having To Move The Audience's Imagination And Create A Suspension Of Disbelief, By Which I Mean There's No Fourth Wall.

I Like Songs That Are Part Of A Dramatic Texture, And Therefore I Like The Scenes To Be Active. I Wanna Follow The Story And That Means You Lean On The Actors.

Deciding What Is To Be Sung And What Is Not To Be Sung Is Really What Writing A Musical Is About.