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A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to…
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Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake.. On then with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break…
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It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times.
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Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne?
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I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.
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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the…
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On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and…
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My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's…
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