Jack O'Brien
Jack O'Brien
Director of Award Winning musicals including Hairspray and The Full Monty.
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 June 1939
dawned felt friends-or-friendship leaving meant talked took
A lot of my friends told me that I'd get over that ... that it would go away. We did everything we could to them ... talked to them, took them to McDonald's ... but it just dawned on us that we meant too much to them. In the end, we felt we were leaving them hanging.
basketball point
You try to make a point that it's not just about basketball. But sometimes you can't win.
kids leave mean priorities
It's kind of simple, really. We couldn't leave those kids. I don't know if we didn't have our priorities right or what. But those kids mean everything to us.
energy entire lights onstage orchestra style washed
It's a big Vegas-style finale, with the entire orchestra onstage and the lights going into the house. We want energy washed over the house.