Susan Stroman Quotes

It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle.

You can't remember what movie you saw two weeks ago, but you can remember what Broadway show you saw two weeks ago and where you ate dinner - everything about it. There's something about live theatre that hits you in the heart.

I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything so it can fall into place.

It is true that I visualize music and, as I visualize music, I have some sort of story running in my head, all the time.

I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part of me. It was a part of my family.

I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.

I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.

I feel the theatre is the most unique one of all [the arts] for collaboration. I feel very fortunate to be in a field where I really do get to have long conversations with the visual artists, the actors, the musicians. It's all art forms rolled into one and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it.

I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.

I don't want to work with someone who's nervous, I want to work with someone who is fearless