We really wanted to open the season with a bang and we felt that featuring well-known stars of Broadway would be a grand gesture, ... It will be a great pleasure to work with folks who have presented these pieces on the New York stage.

We felt we needed more depth at the four and five spots. We've known since the end of last season and through training camp that we need to improve our rebounding and our depth up front.

At first, because I had only known it from the Broadway show, I didn't care for it much. But when I read it, I saw a totally different show. There's definitely humor in it. Sondheim envisioned it as a small, dark claustrophobic story. But the producer said he was going to produce it his way, which was a huge musical with 40 people in cast. But the story doesn't lend itself to big dance numbers. It's a very focused Victorian melodrama. That's what I'm shooting for.

We partied with the royal rich people, and we felt like rock stars. We drank all the whiskey in the place.

We all know that on Broadway you need to have stars to do a play.

Big Bang gave us hydrogen and helium. We couldn't make people out of hydrogen and helium. So we're made out of exploding stars.