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" I personally am a very big fan of 'Romeo + Juliet.' It had a visceral power to it that I thought was just exhilarating. It was a very arresting and very disturbing and deeply compelling version of the play. "

George C. Wolfe

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" The wonderful thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. The worst thing about theater is that it has so many people involved in the creation of it. That dynamic is thrilling and challenging every time you make a show. "

" I feel like I'm edgy and I'm funny and I got this bite, this outrageousness. "

" Every play is rhythmic control. If you want an audience to go on a journey, it's rhythmic control. You're crafting when they lean in, when they push back, when they breathe, when they surrender. "

" You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. "

" I don't go, like, 'Hmm, I'm now going to create something for the black community.' I just feel this compelling urge. I just feel myself drawn to stories that I feel have a potency and immediacy. "

" The best of any artist is in their art. "

" To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country. "

" I pride myself on being available to as many people's stories as I possibly can. "

" The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. "

" I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying a truth that has been accepted. "

" The only rule of a musical is that it must maintain its buoyancy. "

" I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified where the people had come from and their connection to the earth was absent. "

" Confidence comes in going on personal journeys in a public arena and feeling as though you have a right to do that. You have to give yourself permission to discover what you need to discover and not worry about how pretty the journey is. If you're aware of the pretty, you're not going to dig into the mess. "

" When 'The Normal Heart' first appeared, the sense of urgency was so important. "

" I like to knock down walls and allow others to enter. "

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" Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. "

" I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility. "

" Every single wave, when I was overwhelmed and poor and struggling in New York, there were these extraordinary people in New York who said, 'Come this way.' "