I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play’s the thing – not the 18-35 year old male age group.

It’s hard to beat Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto #5” – got the tunes – got the power – got the joy.

Alan Parker on Mississippi Burning came up to me and said he had heard I was interested in directing. He offered for me to follow him around and see how it’s done. At the time...

I did children’s theatre for three years, 1977-1979. We played at a school where three kids were killed in race riots that week. We entered the school under police escort. People threw bottles and debris...