James Lapine : (4)

" You can’t be theoretical when you’re building a musical. " - James Lapine

" I’m never so into the three-act movie thing. I know that’s the form that people talk about, but it seems to me, in the movie, you just have to keep charging forward. You couldn’t start over again like you do after an intermission. You just had to keep the plot moving forward. " - James Lapine

" I like the stage challenges of having somebody literally falling apart before your very eyes. " - James Lapine

" It so fascinates me how we always laugh when somebody falls on a banana peel, how comedy and injury are often so interwoven. I’ve always been a sucker for that. " - James Lapine