Adam Schlesinger Quotes

I think with musicals, it's much more part of the script. They don't want songs that would stop the show; they need songs that keep the plot moving.

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• I think with musicals, it's much more part of the script. They don't want songs that would stop the show; they need songs that keep the plot moving.

  

  Adam Schlesinger
  • Stop
  • Moving