Len Cariou Quotes

When we did the first preview, we weren't ready. We hadn't teched the show. - Len Cariou

It brought the place to its feet. - Len Cariou

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.' - Len Cariou

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. - Len Cariou

I said, 'Fine.' I was amused by that 'Oh, by the way,' - Len Cariou

But we proved them wrong. - Len Cariou

[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. - Len Cariou

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