American - Director | January 1, 1949 -
As you get older, you realize happiness involves a lot of problems.
James Lapine
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There are certain images that always haunt me.
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I love the visual aspect of the theater. But I like what people have to say, too.
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I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.
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The one thing you don't want to do is go off and keep rewriting. If something's not quite right, it's often about modulating what's already there.
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I am an off-Broadway, nonprofit kind of guy.
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You can't be theoretical when you're building a musical.
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Sometimes good news is hard to absorb.
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I was a youngish man entering fatherhood when we wrote 'Woods,' a patchwork of classic fairy tales with an original tale sewn in. I had dedicated my libretto to my baby daughter.
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Something I like to do is watch someone else do their thing.
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Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten the scene. Rewrite the character. Maneuver the waters. Seeming easy is why so many shows aren't good.
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The nice thing about the theatre is you can always change it. With a movie, once it's there, you're stuck with it.
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