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.
“I love backlight because it’s pushing the actors toward us. It’s really that sense of the halo of backlight, which for me, metaphorically, I think actors are angels. I mean, sometimes, you know, you can hate them, right? But I do think that...
“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,...
“Buddy, who, you all know as Patrick Swayze, he’s the one who trained me in the dances…. I spent days and days dancing with him….I was in heaven. So I just felt so plugged into the film that I sort of went past doing any character work, and I...
“You could write the most academic piece of lyric. And if the music is absolutely emotional, it will tell us that something else is going on, and it gives something for the actor to act. Why is that so beautiful? How do you fall in love at first sight? How does...
