I believe it will become the heart and soul of the community. We'll have a capacity of 400 people, which is the same size as the Gem Theatre in Detroit. It's going to be a focal point of the community.

He's a heart and soul guy and when you have a team that is perhaps lacking some experience at the national level, which obviously we are, you need a real strong character and real strong person mentally that's totally committed to the way we want to play. He's probably a huge reflection of myself.

We're going to be looking sparkly next Christmas. We want to be the heart and soul of the community … downtown.

We're limited to 35 people at the time for good reasons: the fire code and structural reasons. We know the community is anxious. We ourselves (the Livingston Arts Council members) are anxious.

The one thing you always know about anything Robert does is that his heart and soul will totally be in it,

He's opened his heart and soul to people.