Margaret Vermette > Quotes

“After several drafts we end up with a script that is somewhere between the book of a musical and a movie script. It tells the story in detail and we describe every scene exactly, working out everything dramatically.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“It was a flop in Paris.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“Claude-Michel and I thought that kind of”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“The change from one to the other can make you too aware of the form, and so make it less believable. The magic of the sung-through form is that it allows you to treat a very serious story.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“Our shows are always more action driven than character driven. We took a simple rule-where you can show something through the action you show it; we don't want our characters just to be telling you what's happening.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“If there is one common point between the three shows then maybe it's redemption.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen

“But it has to seem so natural that you almost forget that they are singing.”
― Margaret Vermette, The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg: The Creators of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen