A Close-up On Screen Can Say All

Ah, But If You Have No Expectations, You Can Never Have A Disappointment.

I Really Don't Want To Write A Score Until The Whole Show Is Cast And Staged.

I Played The Organ When I Went To Military School, When I Was 10. They Had A Huge Organ, The Second-largest Pipe Organ In New York State. I Loved All The Buttons And The Gadgets. I've Always Been A Gadget Man.

When You Know Your Cast Well And Their Strengths And Weaknesses, You Can Start Writing For Them, Just The Way Shakespeare Wrote For His Actors.

If You're Dealing With A Musical In Which You're Trying To Tell A Story, It's Got To Sound Like Speech. At The Same Time It's Got To Be A Song.