Musical theater, he says, "takes you to another world, gives you a little tune to carry in your head, something to help you escape the horror of the dreary world, a little something when you feel, blue, you know?"

 I would soon learn that, though the movie was great, it could never hold a candle to the live musical.

I look up to all comedians. It's tough thing to do, stand up—you have to create everything. There's just a microphone and a stool sometimes and you have to get up there and create an entire vivid world.

For a tale that is as much style as it is substance, the Rep put on a feast for the eyes, and despite showing just a drop of blood, the sex and violence was satisfied using buttoned-up Victorian repression and a well-placed fog machine.