It's Age. It's A Diminution Of Energy

Musicals Are So Expensive To Put On The Stage That You Have To Have The Backing Of A Corporate, You Have To Have Universal Studios Or Disney Or Somebody To Put In The Money.

Music Is Structure Out Of Chaos

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.

White. A Blank Page Or Canvas. So Many Possibilities.

The Movie Adaptations Of Stage Musicals That I've Seen, Without Exception, In My Opinion Don't Work. A Lot Of People Would Disagree With Me.