If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.
“According to the papers, I'm miserable, alienated, and on the brink of resignation. But that's simply not where I am.”
“I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.”