Author: Craig Zadan

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There were no TV musicals until we did Bette Midler 'Gypsy,' and the success of that opened the door for us to do the rest.

There were no TV musicals until we did Bette Midler 'Gypsy,' and the success of that opened the door for us to do the rest.

- Craig Zadan

We'd go to studios with ideas to do movie musicals and they'd literally kick us out. They said, 'Audiences aren't interested in movie musicals. You're wasting our time.'

We'd go to studios with ideas to do movie musicals and they'd literally kick us out. They said, 'Audiences aren't interested in movie musicals. You're wasting our time.'

- Craig Zadan

Neil and I had the greatest experience of our lives doing 'Chicago' with Latifah. Then we had the second best experience of our lives doing 'Hairspray.'

Neil and I had the greatest experience of our lives doing 'Chicago' with Latifah. Then we had the second best experience of our lives doing 'Hairspray.'

- Craig Zadan

In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity.

In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity.

- Craig Zadan

I don't understand how other producers who have no experience making a musical jump in and produce one.

I don't understand how other producers who have no experience making a musical jump in and produce one.

- Craig Zadan

When you work on a passion project, there's always the chance that you'll get your heart broken.

When you work on a passion project, there's always the chance that you'll get your heart broken.

- Craig Zadan

When we went to Judy Davis and said, 'We want you to play Judy Garland in the mini-series 'Life With Judy Garland,' she was shocked, but we just had an instinct about her.

When we went to Judy Davis and said, 'We want you to play Judy Garland in the mini-series 'Life With Judy Garland,' she was shocked, but we just had an instinct about her.

- Craig Zadan

Carrie Underwood clearly drove 'The Sound of Music.' For 'Peter Pan,' we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not do nearly as well.

Carrie Underwood clearly drove 'The Sound of Music.' For 'Peter Pan,' we had terrific actors but not stars, and we did not do nearly as well.

- Craig Zadan

We zero in on family as a theme because it makes the movies emotionally available to a universal audience.

We zero in on family as a theme because it makes the movies emotionally available to a universal audience.

- Craig Zadan

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