I remember one where he said that he wouldn't go back to RENT because he didn't want to be in a cast of all kids. People flew off about it, because they thought he was dissing the show, and the current cast, and people who haven't made it as far as he has, when he's done so nearly by pure, dumb luck. But honestly? He'll be thirty-five in a few months, and at the time, the cast was mostly very, very young. I can understand that.
There was also the "sing GLORY!" stuff. And he's say "if you want to hear Glory, go to the Nederlander and hear Manley do it. No."
If you want to hear him talk, check out the video of his second appearance at Seth's Chatterbox. He talks about everything from Rent, AIDA, Chess, Cabaret to Tonys to vocal technique, Jonathan, auditions, his colleagues, the critics... lots of stuff.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Updated On: 8/21/05 at 03:16 PM