I Was Teaching Magic At Nyu When

It's Okay For Me To Be Gay, But God Didn't Make Me That Way.

When The Time Came To Say, "mom, I Want To Do This As A Job," It Was Brutal. She Was Really Against It. There Were Screaming Matches. Some People Are Shut Down By That And Get Defeated By It, And Other People Are Empowered By The Negativity. My Father Kind Of Encouraged Me Through That.

Pippin Had An Opening Number Called "magic To Do," And Jules Fisher, The Brilliant Lighting Designer Lit It. Tony Walton Did All Of The Sets. As A Kid I Thought, "wow, I'm Seeing Onstage What A Mgm Musical Would Look Like Live." It Was That Good, And It Was Directed By Bob Fosse.

I Was A Captive And A Slave. I Loved Dora Spenlow To Distraction! She Was More Than Human To Me. She Was A Fairy, A Sylph, I Dont Know What She Was--anything That No One Ever Saw, And Everything That Everybody Ever Wanted.

I'm Just Waiting For People To Start Asking Me To Make The Rain Disappear.