Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.

We were warmed by the bright sunshine.

That was the era of the lushly scored costume poperetta (“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Misérables”), staged like Cecil B. DeMille epics and usually overseen by the Mike Todd-ish producer Cameron Mackintosh.

I deckhanded on a fish boat for four years and knew no fisherman likes to be called out of the blue and have his numbers demanded!