If no one's doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

Encores! is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be.

Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.

Even with revivals, I don't really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.

If no ones doing the creative work that you want to do, do it yourself.

I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.

'Encores!' is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be.

To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!

I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.

Michael John's music is soul-stirring. It gets inside the deepest part of you; it's almost a chemical reaction.