And how, so if we go back to 96, how familiar were you with the original, which had opened 20 years earlier?

I was always a fan of the score.

I saw the original.

In fact, I may have even been there on opening night because a friend of mine lived across the street.

It was in the ensemble, Paul Solon.

And I think I sat in the balcony in a preview or an opening night.

So I was aware of the show, but more I was aware of the recording, which I thought was sensational.

It

And they've continued to evolve along with this story that we're all learning

about every day.

You're very rarely involved with an original musical.

Most musicals are adaptations from other sources, novels, films, and plays.

Original musicals are very rare.

And because you don't even know what the story is yet, you're still evolving, and characters have come and gone, plot lines have come and gone, and you have to be as open-minded, and Steve, of course, is a novelist as well, and to let the story and the characters drive the score, and I would say we only have probably three songs that remain

when...

policy's agent said, I think one of the best compliments I've ever read, he said, if Bob was still alive, that's how he would have done it.