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Filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth day, he turns to me and says i'll give you another $25,000 if you get rid of that curly haired guy. he said, he's just funny looking, he's not — there's no leading man here. and i said ok, i said he's out. you didn't say that? he's out, he's gone. and that was a lesson, a great lesson for me. lie to the studio. mel met anne bancroft in 1961. his life changed forever. there she was, on stage singing beautifully. i saw her backstage and we talked and i never stopped seeing her an...

Everybody in my building worked in the garment center, and ifigured i would probably end up there too. my unclejoe, looked a little bit like you. a little better looking. he changed my life. he said, melvin? i said, yes, unclejoe? he said, how would you like to see a cole porter musical on broadway called anything goes? what an experience. when the show was over, i said, joe, i'm not going to go to the garment center. i'm going to go into show business. i want to do what they were doing on that stage. and i never deviated from that plan. i was going into show business. don't you want to become...

To become a butterfly? don't you want to spread your wings and flap your way to glory? you're gonna jump on me. you are gonna jump on me, i know you are going - tojump on me. filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth day, he turns to me and says i'll give you another $25,000 if you get rid of that curly haired guy. he said, he's just funny looking, is not, there is no leading man here. and i said ok, i said he's out. you didn't say that? he's out, he's gone. and that was a lesson, a great lesson for me. lie to the studio...

Called anything goes? what an experience. when the show was over, i said, joe, i'm not going to go to the garment center. i'm going to go into show business. i want to do what they were doing on that stage. and i never deviated from that plan. i was going into show business. don't you want to become a butterfly? spread your wings and flap your way to glory? you're going tojump on me! filming the producers taught mel a valuable lesson about how to handle studio executives. after the third or fourth day, levine turns to me and says, i'll give you another $25,000 if you get rid of that curly—ha...

Jon M. Chu, the director of <em>In the Heights</em> and <em>Wicked</em>, is finding a new edge in an old genre.