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We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don’t really tell the actors – the actors tell us.

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Carrie Underwood clearly drove ‘The Sound of Music.’ For ‘Peter Pan,’ we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not do nearly as well.

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We’ve spoken to a lot of friends who are stars who could be great, and they say to us, ‘Look, if you were doing a movie musical, and we could pre-record and lip-synch, sure. But live? So if we hit a bad note it’s there for posterity? We’re not going to go out there without a safety net.’ People are scared to death of that.

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April 25, 2024

We’ve spoken to a lot of friends who are stars who could be great, and they say to us, ‘Look, if you were doing a movie musical, and we could pre-record and lip-synch, sure. But live? So if we hit a bad note it’s there for posterity? We’re not going to go out there without a safety net.’ People are scared to death of that.

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April 25, 2024

Carrie Underwood clearly drove ‘The Sound of Music.’ For ‘Peter Pan,’ we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not do nearly as well.

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