Len Cariou Quotes
(Many people in the theater business attended that first preview on Feb. 6, 1979.) A lot of them said it was too bad, but it wasn`t going to work, ... And I was really disappointed that especially actors gave it no chance.
It brought the place to its feet.
I said, `Fine.` I was amused by that `Oh, by the way,`
I was in Canada running the Manitoba Theatre Centre as artistic director and I had written to Mr. Prince and asked him if he would give me his stage manager copy of the musical `Company,` which I was going to do in my season there, ... He said, `Yes,` and then said, `By the way, Stephen`s written you a musical and I`m going to send you the book.`
I thought, `It`s a pretty grisly story, but if he makes a really romantic kind of score it might work,` ... But God knows why that subject matter would speak a musical to him. It`s still beyond, I think, most people`s comprehension.
But we proved them wrong.
When we did the first preview, we weren`t ready. We hadn`t teched the show.
