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Douglas Carter Beane
American
Playwright
Fun
Me
People
Theatre
Think
You
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If I'm seeing you, you're going to influence me. I'm sorry - I'm just that way. I'm a big sponge. You can't copyright an aesthetic.
Douglas Carter Beane
Me
You
Sorry
Big
Way
Seeing
Sponge
Aesthetic
Going
Just
Influence
Copyright
In the '20s and '30s, there were these musicals either set on college campuses or based on classical stories, so any of the Rodgers and Hart musicals certainly influenced me. I was definitely influenced by any of the 'Porgy' songs; I was influenced by 'American Pie.'
Douglas Carter Beane
Me
College
Definitely
Hart
Musicals
College Campuses
Classical
Songs
Pie
Were
Rodgers
American
Any
Influenced
Stories
Either
American Pie
Certainly
Based
Set
I love throwing myself into a place or a period or a point of view. In 'Fledermaus,' I loved throwing myself into the world of Vienna at the turn of the century. It was a lot of fun.
Douglas Carter Beane
Love
Myself
World
Point
Point Of View
Throwing
Period
Lot
Loved
Place
Turn
Century
Vienna
View
Fun
I think it's a very ephemeral thing, what makes a show a success.
Douglas Carter Beane
Success
Think
Makes
Very
Ephemeral
Show
Thing
Dietz and Schwartz have sort of fallen by the wayside a little bit, and they are up there with Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. They are the finest of the revue composers - their stuff is so good and so strong.
Douglas Carter Beane
Good
Strong
Cole Porter
Bit
Wayside
Hart
Berlin
Composers
Finest
Stuff
Sort
Fallen
Up
Rodgers
Little
Little Bit
Porter
I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure.
Douglas Carter Beane
Love
You
Desperation
Seen
Every
See
Inspiration
Equal
Because
Encore
Just
Much
Show
Measure
Acts
Nearly
Second
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