The L.A. theater scene is very different. The perception has been that people who love theater do theater in New York. The people who want to be discovered do theater on the side in L.A. But there are people who are very dedicated to theater who love theater in L.A.
And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.
I seem to be constantly confronted by theater professionals who are more or less annoyed by the prospect of structure.
The Broadway community means the world. That goes for the actors, that goes for the crew, the producers, the writers, and most importantly, that goes for the fans. The Broadway community is one that I will always hold very near and very dear to me.
Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'
... actors of the first water are not more plentiful than playwrights of genius.
I'm sure there are some good dramaturgs but I've never worked with one.
I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City.
When I lived in Chicago, it often felt like the same people who were going to all the little theater companies were the people who were working in them.
