Musical Theater Quotes

• I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

  Amy Adams

  Thinking, Musical, Just Being

  "Amy Adams On Set Interview THE MUPPETS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 20, 2011.

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• Look, I'm over 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

  Nathan Lane

  Math, Musical, Theatre

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• I grew up doing musical theater.

  Chris Colfer

  Musical, Grew Up, Theater

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• I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera.

  Trevor Nunn

  Feelings, Musical, Opera

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• I began thinking I would do musical theater because in high school that was really the only sort of curriculum they had as far as getting onstage and doing anything that anybody would see. So that's what I did.

  Gretchen Mol

  School, Thinking, Musical

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• How to succeed in business without really trying (title of book)

  Shepherd Mead

  Book, Trying, Titles

  Title of book (1952)

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• I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.

  Harold Prince

  Musical, Age, Golden

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• The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.

  Diane Paulus

  Innovation, Musical, Theater

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Musical, World, Theater

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• Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.

  Betty Buckley

  Art, Musical, Actors

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• I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.

  Laura Benanti

  Rap, Thinking, Musical

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• There are two strains, I think, in American playwriting, of importance. One is traditional narrative realism, which is definitely my strain, and then the other great contribution is American musical theater, which is a whole other kettle of fish.

  Tony Kushner

  Thinking, Two, Musical

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.

  Debra Messing

  First Love, Years, Musical

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• Up until I started on YouTube, my first love was musical theater.

  Sam Tsui

  First Love, Musical, Firsts

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• It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

  Bryan Batt

  Musical, Theater, Paid

  "Bryan Batt, ‘Mad Men’ Actor, Talks 54 Below Cabaret Show And Living A ‘Happy, Open Life’" by Curtis M. Wong, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2013.

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• I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.

  Nancy Allen

  School, College, Careers

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• When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer.

  Tamara Tunie

  New York, Doors, Years

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.

  Zachary Levi

  Musical, Theater, Whole Life

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all.

  Allison Williams

  Awkward, Musical, Imagine

  "Newsflash: Allison Williams Has Arrived". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.

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• When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.

  Leslie Easterbrook

  Character, Play, Musical

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City.

  Jane Krakowski

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.

  Alexander Koch

  Crazy, Musical, Age

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.

  Paulo Costanzo

  Musical, Loser, Theater

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• I've auditioned for musicals a lot, but I think my voice didn't really match what they were looking for. I went to school for musical theater for a year and dropped out. Legit musicals are not quite my forte.

  Cristin Milioti

  School, Thinking, Years

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• I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater.

  Rachael MacFarlane

  Boston, Musical, Theatre

  "Comic-Con: AMERICAN DAD’s Rachael MacFarlane Talks Up the New Season; Reveals Her Musical Aspirations". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. July 16, 2012.

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