“A musical is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery. You can have all the elements, the right songs, the right book, the right cast, the right director, the right costume designer–and the lighting man can screw it up.”
Johnny Mercer, in conversation with Gene Lees (quoted in Lees’ Portrait of Johnny, courtesy of Michael Greenspan)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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