I'm Just Not Having A Very Good

There Are Days When I Think The National Endowment For The Arts Should Issue A Quota System For The Production Of Plays By Women - Especially When You Realize Women Buy 70 Percent Of All Theater Tickets.

My View Is That Musicals Are Love Stories With Great Final Scenes. It's Just That Simple. Musicals Are Also Conflicts Between Two Worlds. And By Those Criteria, 'the Color Purple' Is Actually Exactly The Kind Of Story That Makes For A Great Musical. Yes, It's Got Hard Stuff In It, But So Does 'les Miserables' And 'phantom Of The Opera.'

I Grew Up At The Piano, And I Longed To Write Musicals.

People Do Think That If They Avoid The Truth, It Might Change To Something Better Before They Have To Hear It.

What's So Good About A Heaven Where, One Of These Days, You're Going To Get Your Embarrassing Old Body Back?