Marc E. Platt quotes:

We have no filter for music, but we feel it when what's being spoken and sung is telling a story and evidencing a character.

Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.

You can sing if you have a great voice, but to connect that instrument to the text and connect it to the subtext, what lies underneath and the emotion, is indeed a rare talent.

The challenge in any musical is unifying all the moving parts of it, in particular a movie musical because now you're adding the camera and you're adding the idea of adaptation. So the challenge is to stay as true as you can to the material that you love and yet not be afraid to step outside of it and introduce elements into it that make it exist in a satisfying, exciting way cinematically.

What works in one medium does not necessarily always work in the other.