That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
My interest in theater really began in the '70s when American realism wasn't really in favor. I really dreaded going into a play that had a toaster that worked. I just didn't want to see that.
I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
I seem to belong to a boom moment of playwrights, and I'm always curious about how we all got here and what comes next.
The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.
Everyone pays lip service to this whole idea of doing more new plays, and nobody ever does it.
I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.
Most of Broadway is based on a movie or a book. You don't see many original musicals.
Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
