The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
From Jack O'Brien
When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met - how do I top that?
I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things.
I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
Meeting Mike Nichols was a sort of lifetime occupation.
Out of nowhere, I became a fairly well-known director with a penchant for opera, which I did for 10 years. Then I realized I was taking myself out the theater channel, and so I re-focused on theater.
It just so happens that my oldest and best friend is Bob James, the Grammy-winning great jazz pianist!
You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.'
For a production that suggests a mysterious dreamscape, I have a particular affection for the Vivian Beaumont Theater. It is the largest dramatic space available in New York City in terms of plays, although musicals have been done there very successfully as well.
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