Steiner had already achieved considerable success as a discount stockbroker and professional poker player[REF] when his childhood friend Rocco Landesman approached him to invest in "Big River," a musical based on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," in the 1980s [REF].
There were flops as well, including "The Times They Are A-Changin'," based on the works of Bob Dylan and choreographed by Twyla Tharp; "The Wedding Singer;" and "Honeymoon in Vegas."[REF] .