I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.

I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.

My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that.

There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.

For 'A Little Night Music,' I did try to get little bit more beefed up for that because I thought that would help me carry myself around the stage in that character.

I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.