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" Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL. "

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" Say you have a young black kid, and you come to see a Sondheim show. You love the material, but you look on stage, and you don't see anyone who looks like you. That puts a barrier between the audience and what they're trying to absorb. "

" The deaf community has shaped me as an artist and a person, and I am very grateful that I have been able to share and create so much art with a group of people I would have never imagined sharing and creating with. It's a true testament to the power of theater. There are no walls. "

" I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men. "

" We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. "

" I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle. "

" I'm interested in people's relationship to objects, so I think a lot of my work is very tactile. "

" We don't ever realize how precious life is while we're living it. "

" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "

" A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart joke.' "

" Every decision you make has a consequence. "

" I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. "

" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "

" I love Disney. "

" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "

" I had taken a directing class in high school. Looking back on it now, I think it was all heading that way. "

" I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage. "

" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" It's exciting to share an art form that I would never have imagined sharing with the deaf community. Doing musicals, it's not like, 'Oh, I'll do a musical with a deaf person.' "

" The love I have for my husband is intertwined with his, and we are two individuals looking in the same direction - as opposed to staring in each other's eyes all the time. "

" As someone who lives with an animal, I think it's important to learn how to responsibly care for souls who don't have their own voice. They can't advocate for themselves. "

" The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty... We might not see the return of it, but who knows whose lives we can change by doing those things. "

" Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity. "

" I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection. "

" Kelli O'Hara is incredible. "

" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "

" Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. "

" So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to me than my own mother ever was. "

" Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another. "

" Magic in plays and musicals, I think, is more often created because of the work of an incredible company rather than a single component. "

" When you step off a plane into a place like Haiti, you're just surrounded by overwhelming stimulus: the people selling you things, asking you to engage. "