Broadway Quotes - Page 9

• When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, "The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between."

  Liz Callaway

  People, Want, Lows

  "InDepth InterView: Liz Callaway & BOOM!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 14, 2011.

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• All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  First Love, Love Is, Roots

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• New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing neon signs. It was safe to walk out in the streets.

  Art Buchwald

  New York, Sky, Dancing

  Art Buchwald (1993). “Leaving home: a memoir”, Putnam Pub Group

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• And I don't consider Broadway the acropolis of theatrical art. I mean Broadway is commercial - that's what it is. It's expensive seats and a lot of them that have to be filled every night. Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway as far as I'm concerned is in New York the pride of New York theater.

  Tony Kushner

  Art, New York, Mean

  "Pulitzer-winning playwright talks gay marriage, Obama, new play". Interview with Chris Welch, www.cnn.com. June 15, 2009.

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• When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Funny, New York, Humorous

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• I was in Jacques Brel Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I had never written a song in my life. We were on the road with Jacques Brel doing the national tour, and I picked up a guitar one day and I wrote a song.

  Amanda McBroom

  Song, Guitar, Years

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Woman of Will's Amanda McBroom, Returning to Piazza and a Wicked Thought". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. August 19, 2005.

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• The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.

  John Larroquette

  Actors, Done, Puppets

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• Broadway is really my life.

  Vanessa L. Williams

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• I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor.

  Chandra Wilson

  Actors, Alive, Excited

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

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• Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on through classical music, if it's coming out of the U.S., it's not going to survive unless it's got some jazz influence.

  Dave Brubeck

  Country, Fusion, Jazz

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• It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.

  Kelly Bishop

  Doors, Thrill, Stage

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• I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

  Lance Bass

  Want, Toys, Shows

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• My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

  Laura Benanti

  Couple, Years, Parent

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• I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

  Michelle Branch

  Musical, Fans, Want

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• I was at the Apollo Theater all the time, skipping school, and I worked in a barbershop. That's how I started with doo-wop. Now I've come full circle. I did all kinds of music. I used to work on Broadway and Tin Pan Alley.

  George Clinton

  School, Circles, Tin Pan Alley

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• I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising.

  Bryan Clay

  Country, Thinking, People

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• Now that I'm on Broadway, it's like NASA engineering with the costumes. I was very grateful for the slightly more high-tech ones in my show, 'Venus in Fur'; our costume designer Anita Yavich is kind of a genius.

  Nina Arianda

  Grateful, Engineering, Fur

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• I would love to do Broadway again.

  Hank Azaria

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• I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

  Anna Camp

  Art, Jobs, New York

  "Anna Camp Pushes Her Boundaries in 'Pitch Perfect' and 'The Mindy Project'". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.backstage.com. October 9, 2012.

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• I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.

  James Badge Dale

  Crazy, People, Dancer

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

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• People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

  Loretta Devine

  People, Energy, Stuff

  "Emmy Nominee Loretta Devine Reflects on a Divine Career" by Melinda Loewenstein, www.backstage.com. August 19, 2011.

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• When I was on Broadway, people would really just recognize me around the theater. When you're showing up on commercials and posters, the scope of people recognizing you gets a little wider.

  Dan Fogler

  People, Littles, Showing Up

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• But as far as dream roles - I know this is so expected of me, but I would to play Elphaba in 'Wicked' on Broadway. I have a lot of dream roles, but that's like my main one because of the vocal track. I love belting high things!

  Ariana Grande

  Dream, Love Is, Play

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• When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.

  Maggie Grace

  Shows, Broadway Shows, Free Time

  "Maggie Grace on Her Broadway Debut in 'Picnic'". Interview with Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. JAnuary 18, 2013.

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• I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.

  Naima Adedapo

  Mind, Trying, Albums

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