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 same time it's got to be a song.

  • -- Stephen Sondheim 斯蒂芬·桑德海姆

如果你在处理一个音乐剧,你想要讲一个故事,它必须听起来像演讲。同时它必须是一首歌。

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I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good.

我只知道一件事:我希望人们能演更多危险的音乐剧,更勇敢的音乐剧,而不是陷入试图弄清楚公众想要什么的陷阱,因为你会发现,公众往往想要的是好的。

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.

你认为为什么古老的故事讲述的人出发伟大的旅程,以打动神?因为试图给人留下深刻印象不值得花时间和精力。

I surrounded myself with women when I was growing up because I had this horrible psycho father. Now I'm trying to really appreciate and like men more.

在我成长的过程中,我身边都是女人,因为我有一个可怕的精神病父亲。现在我试着更欣赏和喜欢男人。

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

你不可能每天都通过快乐的人际关系来培养勇气。你通过度过困难时期和挑战逆境来发展它。