“It’s The Producers. We’re in Chicago and the orchestra plays the first song and they get to the end and everybody applauds, and then they all look at Mel Brooks. And Mel turns to me and he says, ‘Doug, surprisingly good.'” ~ Doug...
“Andrew Barth Feldman, Renee Rapp, uh, Kyle Selig. The list is endless. As many as the success stories have happened around, you know, the winners, more success has happened with people that have just participated in the program. They weren’t even...
“I was working out the schedule for Into the Woods, and I sat Meryl [Streep] down. I said, ‘Meryl, I’m thinking that I’ll bring in the cast, we’ll work for about three weeks, and then we’ll have you come in, and then we’ll...
On December 15, 2024, Steve had the privilege of moderating a panel discussion after a performance of the new musical, “Welcome to the Big Dipper,” at the York Theatre in New York City.
“In college, I was in Franklin Hall, a dormitory, and I used to go into the laundry room and I would practice and practice and practice, and, you know, people would be coming in and out of the laundry and I’m in there going, ah ah ah ah ah. I said, sorry,...
