Bartlett Sher
We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, there's an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.Collection: Forgiveness
Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
That's the best thing that classic can do, is it can return to us from our own past to give us lessons about the future, and it can give us a sense of both who we were and who we could become.
When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.
The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
I'm sort of a Freudian about theater; it's always a struggle between freedom and security, between 'Do I stay where I am with my family because I love them or do I follow the thing that makes my heart feel the greatest?'
What's great about [Guettel] is his very distinct voice as a composer. And that distinct voice is something worth cherishing and expressing so we just didn't want to screw that up.Collection: Voice
I think [Guettel is] probably one of our most special writers now, pushing things in ways that are unique.Collection: Unique
[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.Collection: Play
Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.Collection: Real