I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it in that way, as a creator of something, not so much a performer. So that's in my head.
I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album.
I would love to do a musical. I would love that. I would have to find the right book, the right story, but some day I'm going to make one. I would really like to go off and direct a musical. That's what I would really like to do when I grow up.
I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot.
We couldn't even contemplate doing 'Hairspray' without a live audience.
I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.
I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'
I first saw 'West Side Story' on stage in 1958. I was in the army, having been conscripted while under contract to MGM. I caught the musical in New York, fell in love with it, bought the album, and memorised the whole thing.
I saw 'Into the Woods' maybe 26 times in various incarnations. I'm very familiar with it.
I've always loved 'Wicked.' It's one of my little obsessions.
