It's Okay For Me To Be Gay,

[producers] Took Me To Chicago At 18 To Star In A Show That Ran For Almost A Year. And That's When My Parents Said, "okay, I Guess You Can Quit Fordham." Of Course, When That Show Closed, As You Can Imagine, I Came To New York And Starved For Years, But It's Never An Easy Road.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — Who Wants To Rouse 'em?

It Wasn't Just About Doing Tricks. It's About Taking An Audience To Another Place, A Special Place, So They Can Really Suspend Their Disbelief. Its About Amazing The Audience As Well As Moving Them.

A Few Years Later, When I Was Still Going To These Meetings, I Was Also "second-acting" Every Broadway Show [walking In With The Crowd After Intermission]. I Snuck In To See Grease With John Travolta In Kind Of A Secondary Part And Adrienne Barbeau Playing Rizzo, Into Pippin, Hung Out With Ben Vereen And Bob Fosse. It Was An Amazing Time For A Teenager.

Never Stop Listening To Your Audience.