We'll see it ramp up this year and into next year.

see more of a ramp-up throughout the course of the year.

There have been dramatic increases in the last year or two. This hasn't been a linear ramp-up.

Consumer spending has been pulling the wagon for a while now. That won't be the case next year.

[Stein has also been invited to stage Troilus and Cressida for McMaster's final Edinburgh festival next year and then take it to Stratford as part of the RSC's year-long Bardathon.] If I do it, ... I will dedicate it to John Barton. I never forget his 1960s production and its focus on Hector and Achilles. I was also thrilled by the scene where Cressida comes to these Greek assholes and everyone wants to screw her. It was fantastic. But I always steal from others. We directors are not giants. We are dwarves all standing on each other's shoulders in an effort to reach the text.

We're working on that for next year.