Maury Yeston
Maury Yeston
Maury Yestonis an American composer, lyricist, educator and musicologist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 October 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.
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In a play, a man comes out and says something. Another man comes out and says something. And by the end of the night, we've learned something we didn't know, In a musical, there is singing and dancing for two hours, but you've got to know everything in 5 minutes. Do it in those 5 minutes or you'll lose them.