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Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about how I comport myself on stage: I employ 'rubati,' 'ostinati,' 'cadenze.' Finding these parallels is very fascinating for me. ~ Toni Servillo
Musical Theatre quotes by Toni Servillo
I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek. ~ Mandy Moore
Musical Theatre quotes by Mandy Moore
There's an infantilization that happens to actresses in general - musical theatre, straight theatre, television, film - we're spoken to like children. Actors are spoken to like children a lot of the time. ~ Laura Benanti
Musical Theatre quotes by Laura Benanti
I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text. ~ Glenn Branca
Musical Theatre quotes by Glenn Branca
As we get older ... I don't know a single person who has devoted their life to musical theatre who hasn't had a couple of misses as well as a bunch of hits. The misses, we learn a great deal from them. ~ Maury Yeston
Musical Theatre quotes by Maury Yeston
When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic. ~ Nia Vardalos
Musical Theatre quotes by Nia Vardalos
[ELIZA]
You and your words flooded my senses, your sentences left me defenseless. You built me palaces out of paragraphs, you built cathedrals. ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Theatre quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda
My parents say it all began with my role of Percy the Polar Bear back in nursery school! I began dance classes at the age of five (you would never guess though) and then I went on to join my local theatre group, Glantawe Players, at the age of eight and then Swansea Amateur Dramatics Society. I then joined the National Youth Music Theatre, so I really can't remember a time when I wasn't interested in Musical Theatre! ~ Francesca Jackson
Musical Theatre quotes by Francesca Jackson
I came to musical theatre from straight acting, and a lot of my friends have a real prejudice about musical theatre - one I probably shared. ~ Bertie Carvel
Musical Theatre quotes by Bertie Carvel
When it all comes true Just the way you planned It's funny but the bells don't ring It's a quiet thing. ~ Fred Ebb
Musical Theatre quotes by Fred Ebb
I'm an obsessive musical theatre person, so some of the most formative albums for me were, you know, the 'Phantom Of The Opera' soundtrack or 'Into The Woods.' ~ Allison Williams
Musical Theatre quotes by Allison Williams
When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then, I got waylaid - that's probably an unfair way to say it - from being a rock star by the musical theatre stuff, which I love doing. ~ Jason Robert Brown
Musical Theatre quotes by Jason Robert Brown
The main reason for the break was a combination of travel and going back to university, which drew me into theatre more than music. I did stuff on acoustic guitar when I was traveling, filed it away and made notes, without it being musical notation. Just taped the odd thing, did a sketch, stuck it on a cassette. I thought at some point, I'll go back to it. Some of it I did use in '84-'85 when I started working in the Free Theatre in Christchurch. So it might seem like I had given up after the Pin Group, but I just went into a different avenue. ~ Roy Montgomery
Musical Theatre quotes by Roy Montgomery
I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college. ~ Wesley Snipes
Musical Theatre quotes by Wesley Snipes
Frankly I don't listen to lyrics (a problem in that I apparently work in musical theatre) I just want a good tune that doesn't require the use of too much grey matter. ~ Christian Campbell
Musical Theatre quotes by Christian Campbell
Jeremy Beaumont-Jones had been lucky enough to be born rich. He wasn't in the mad oligarch class but once you're past a certain point, the sheer weight of your money sucks in wealth like a financial singularity. If you're sensible enough not to blow it on race horses, cocaine or musical theatre, then it becomes a perpetual-motion money making machine. ~ Ben Aaronovitch
Musical Theatre quotes by Ben Aaronovitch
Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it. ~ Gareth Gates
Musical Theatre quotes by Gareth Gates
In the world of musical theatre, if everyone says it's a good idea, you wonder why nobody has done it before. ~ Tim Rice
Musical Theatre quotes by Tim Rice
I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage. ~ A. J. McLean
Musical Theatre quotes by A. J. McLean
I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers and musical theatre performers and tap dancers and orchestras and dog acts. You had to leave your home, be in the presence of other people, know how to behave, and enjoy the human being whose beating heart was in front of you. ~ Laura Benanti
Musical Theatre quotes by Laura Benanti
Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! ~ Nathan Lane
Musical Theatre quotes by Nathan Lane
I think there's that weird bastardization where musical theatre actors are treated as almost like vaudevillians or circus performers - that we're somehow not good actors because we sing and dance. ~ Laura Benanti
Musical Theatre quotes by Laura Benanti
I grew up dancing, and for a while in college, I was a gym rat. I finally realized ... I'm going to create a little more balance in my life and make exercise something that I enjoy doing. So I went back to dance when I started doing more musical theatre, and I've just found that it's the best thing that works for my body. ~ Christine Lakin
Musical Theatre quotes by Christine Lakin
I played Tina Denmark in Ruthless the Musical when I was 9 at the Theatre on Broadway in Denver. ~ Annaleigh Ashford
Musical Theatre quotes by Annaleigh Ashford
There is nothing wrong with loving musical theatre, but I think that it's naive to hold it superior any other musical classification, especially since these other genres have been influencing Broadway more and more in recent decades. ~ Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Musical Theatre quotes by Stephanie D'Abruzzo
I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre. ~ Samantha Barks
Musical Theatre quotes by Samantha Barks
My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre. ~ Ben Aaronovitch
Musical Theatre quotes by Ben Aaronovitch
The truth is I love musical theatre and always have. ~ Idina Menzel
Musical Theatre quotes by Idina Menzel
I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether it is in the theatre or in film. ~ John Kander
Musical Theatre quotes by John Kander
I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities. ~ Jennifer Damiano
Musical Theatre quotes by Jennifer Damiano
I did a lot of musical theatre when I was younger, so I would love to go back and do that again someday. ~ Hayley McFarland
Musical Theatre quotes by Hayley McFarland
I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context. ~ Christian Campbell
Musical Theatre quotes by Christian Campbell
I'd never seen a guy my own age play the piano. It was like sex and musical theatre fused together. ~ E. Lockhart
Musical Theatre quotes by E. Lockhart
I went into musical theatre, which I'm not really cut out for - I'm not as skilled at it as other people. ~ Richard C. Armitage
Musical Theatre quotes by Richard C. Armitage
I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was in the theatre-dork clique. Not to be confused with the musical-theatre-dork clique. ~ Finn Wittrock
Musical Theatre quotes by Finn Wittrock
Musical theatre goes through cycles. I came in when it was at the absolute height of musical theatre as I remember it. It was the age of the long-runners. ~ Ruthie Henshall
Musical Theatre quotes by Ruthie Henshall
I'm grateful to be working. The most exciting thing for me is that I never get bored - I've done comedy, drama, musical theatre and now Shakespeare. ~ Sheridan Smith
Musical Theatre quotes by Sheridan Smith
I love musical theatre and my dream is to do Once On This Island. ~ Syesha Mercado
Musical Theatre quotes by Syesha Mercado
You couldn't even write me a paper about the roles you would dream of playing in modern musical theatre. ~ Elaine Paige
Musical Theatre quotes by Elaine Paige
I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week. ~ Gareth Gates
Musical Theatre quotes by Gareth Gates
When I look back at what musical theatre music and show music meant to me, first of all - more than anything - what it meant to me was work. As I was growing up, I realized that singing and performing was my strong suit. ~ Jason Mraz
Musical Theatre quotes by Jason Mraz
I've always loved musical theatre. I've always been a big kind of closeted musical theatre nerd. I really have always dreamed about being able to do musical theatre. ~ John Gallagher, Jr.
Musical Theatre quotes by John Gallagher, Jr.
I was lucky enough to see the original cast of 'In the Heights.' This one blew my mind. The infusion of Latin, hip hop and rap with musical theatre, great storytelling and talent was a powerful combination to me during a time when I'd not been moved by much! ~ Josh Young
Musical Theatre quotes by Josh Young
My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me. ~ Antonia Thomas
Musical Theatre quotes by Antonia Thomas
Mitchell Maxwell's Maxims
•You have to create your own professional path. There's no longer a roadmap for an artistic career.
•Follow your heart and the money will follow.
•Create a benchmark of your own progress. If you never look down while you're climbing the ladder you won't know how far you've come.
•Don't define success by net worth, define it by character. Success, as it's measured by society, is a fleeting condition.
•Affirm your value. Tell the world "I am an artist," not "I want to be an artist."
•You must actively live your dream. Wishing and hoping for someday doesn't make it happen. Get out there and get involved.
•When you look into the abyss you find your character.
•Young people too often let the fear of failure keep them from trying. You have to get bloody, sweaty and rejected in order to succeed.
•Get your face out of Facebook and into somebody's face. Close your e-mail and pick up the phone. Personal contact still speaks loudest.
•No one is entitled to act entitled. Be willing to work hard.
•If you're going to buck the norm you're going to have to embrace the challenges.
•You have to love the journey if you're going to work in the arts.
•Only listen to people who agree with your vision.
•A little anxiety is good but don't let it become fear, fear makes you inert.
•Find your own unique voice. Leave your individual imprint on the world, not a copy of someone else.
•Draw strength ~ Mitchell Maxwell
Musical Theatre quotes by Mitchell Maxwell
I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that. ~ Chandra West
Musical Theatre quotes by Chandra West
I was a tomboy growing up and then fell into the world of theatre and musical theatre. A girlfriend introduced me to yoga in college and I was hooked. I didn't really know anything about it except that it was the highlight of my week. I ended up graduating from the University of Virginia and moving to Los Angeles where I could continue acting and do a yoga teacher training. I went from practicing once or twice a week to several hours everyday. I loved it. ~ Kathryn Budig
Musical Theatre quotes by Kathryn Budig
I initially told people I wanted to be a dancer and ultimately a "Rockette." I didn't really know what a musical theatre performer was other than the Shirley Temple type. ~ Erica Schroeder
Musical Theatre quotes by Erica Schroeder
I was really, really, really enthusiastic as a kid. I was up for anything. I was hugely into music and theatre. I was a big musical theatre kid; I loved reading. ~ Amanda Marshall
Musical Theatre quotes by Amanda Marshall
I got the call to play Tony Manero in 'Saturday Night Fever' in Madrid, a role I'd always wanted, as it's such a well-constructed show, and my background is in musical theatre. I'd been travelling back and forth between London and Spain for auditions and had been borrowing money from friends to do it. ~ Juan Pablo Di Pace
Musical Theatre quotes by Juan Pablo Di Pace
Let's sing our way out of this ~ Isabel Fraire
Musical Theatre quotes by Isabel Fraire
I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always. ~ Carey Mulligan
Musical Theatre quotes by Carey Mulligan
There's a kid in the middle of nowhere who's sitting there living for Tony performances. Singing and flipping along with the Pippins, and Wickeds, and Kinkys, Matildas, and Mormons's. So we might reassure that kid, and do something to spur that kid, 'cause I promise you, all of us up here tonight, we were that kid. ~ Neil Patrick Harris
Musical Theatre quotes by Neil Patrick Harris
When people ask me if musical theatre should be taught in music colleges, I reply that there is no need. All anyone needs to study is the second act of La Boheme because it is the most tightly constructed piece of musical theatre that there is. It is practically director-proof: you can't stage it badly because it just works too well. If you can write La Boheme, you can write anything. I would also recommend studying Britten's Peter Grimes. ~ Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical Theatre quotes by Andrew Lloyd Webber
My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre. ~ Jake Gyllenhaal
Musical Theatre quotes by Jake Gyllenhaal
Theatre is about the collective imagination ... Everything I use on-stage is driven by the subject matter and what you might call the text - but that text can be anything, from a fragment of movement or music to something you see on a TV. ~ Simon McBurney
Musical Theatre quotes by Simon McBurney
Mankind has invented the mirror in vain, for there's nobody in this world who looks into the mirror and sees himself as he truly is; each person has his own mirror hidden in his own mind and he can't see more than what that mirror in his mind reflects! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
Musical Theatre quotes by Mehmet Murat Ildan
I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how to be on the stage. All you have to do is to be humiliated in front of an audience a few times. If you don't like being humiliated publicly, you learn how to act. ~ Ron Vawter
Musical Theatre quotes by Ron Vawter
TEN [exploding]. Bright! He's a common ignorant slob. He don't even speak good English!
ELEVEN [slowly]. He doesn't even speak good English. ~ Sherman L. Sergel
Musical Theatre quotes by Sherman L. Sergel
I think of music a lot when I paint. The theme of it to a degree is music. So instead of literally putting in music or literally putting in a musical instrument, I use only a hint of the instrument, but the brocaded pattern is like a line of Bach because of its order and the leaves going up are like passages from Vivaldi, and the emphasis on drapery is where the sound comes ... ~ Nelson Shanks
Musical Theatre quotes by Nelson Shanks
A river is nearly the ultimate symbol for the very essence of change itself. It flows unceasingly from one point of being to another, yet continuously occupies the same bed or pathway, and accommodates life's endings with the same musical grace with which it accommodates life's beginnings, along with all the muted and explosive moments that surface between the two extremes. ~ Aberjhani
Musical Theatre quotes by Aberjhani
Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical. ~ Julia Barr
Musical Theatre quotes by Julia Barr
I don't think my record collection or musical knowledge is vast. I just listen to the radio all the time - I'm a pop music enthusiast. ~ Girl Talk
Musical Theatre quotes by Girl Talk
I'm missing my baby's first swim lesson. If I am at my daughter's debut in her school musical, I am missing Sandra Oh's last scene ever being filmed at Grey's Anatomy. If I am succeeding at one, I am inevitably failing at the other. That is the trade-off. That is the Faustian bargain one makes with the devil that comes with being a powerful working woman who is also a powerful mother. You never feel 100 percent okay, you never get your sea legs, you are always a little nauseous. Something is always lost. Something is always missing. And yet. I want my daughters to see me and know me as a woman who works. I want that example set for them. ~ Shonda Rhimes
Musical Theatre quotes by Shonda Rhimes
I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. ~ Kevin Shields
Musical Theatre quotes by Kevin Shields
The more nearly the film cutter approaches the natural law of interest, the more invisible will be his cutting. If the camera moves from one person to another at the exact moment that you in the legitimate theatre would have turned your head, you will not be conscious of a cut. ~ Preston Sturges
Musical Theatre quotes by Preston Sturges
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. ~ Ivor Novello
Musical Theatre quotes by Ivor Novello
The music industry went through such a strange stretch in 1977, especially in this country, with the whole punk rock thing coming about. Punk was rebellious-and justified in that response-but it had very little to do with music, and so it created a highly-charged but frighteningly floundering atmosphere that I found very, very disheartening. Musical quality for me has always been an important part of rock'n'roll-and winning recognition for that has long been an uphill battle all the way. Punk seemed like rock'n'roll utterly without the music. ~ Steve Winwood
Musical Theatre quotes by Steve Winwood
Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer. ~ Lady Gaga
Musical Theatre quotes by Lady Gaga
Do you ever sing in the car?"
"Generally not. But I am driving a police car."
"I think people would like a singing policeman. Makes life seem more like a musical. Like Foot-tastic."
"You can talk for a long time about nothing."
"I certainly can, you charming man! ~ Maureen Johnson
Musical Theatre quotes by Maureen Johnson
A fellow in a market town, Most musical, cried razors up and down. ~ John Wolcot
Musical Theatre quotes by John Wolcot
My brother and I grew up in a musical family. We have an older sister who sings and plays the piano. Our dad is a musician. Music was always a part of our lives. ~ Laura Allen
Musical Theatre quotes by Laura Allen
I like the Sci Fi channel and 'Science Fiction Theatre.' I've been doing a lot of television-watching and thinking about good songs to write. ~ Roky Erickson
Musical Theatre quotes by Roky Erickson
Creativity is not linear, just like the earth is not flat ... If you keep going long enough you will always get back to where you started from. That is when you have lived a full life. That is the artist's path. ~ Nikki Sixx
Musical Theatre quotes by Nikki Sixx
I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities. ~ Edgar Meyer
Musical Theatre quotes by Edgar Meyer
One could copy a Self without knowing what it was. Just record it, like a musical passage; the machine which did that did not need to know harmony, structure. ~ Gregory Benford
Musical Theatre quotes by Gregory Benford
What 'is' may be many either in definition (for example 'to be white' is one thing, 'to be musical' another, yet the same thing may be both, so the one is many) or by division, as the whole and its parts. [186a] On this point, indeed, they were already getting into difficulties and admitted that the one was many - as if there was any difficulty about the same thing being both one and many, provided that these are not opposites; for 'one' may mean either 'potentially one' or 'actually one'. ~ Aristotle.
Musical Theatre quotes by Aristotle.
When I'm writing a lyric, I totally forget about the music. I'm just looking at the lyric and thinking about it almost as a separate entity. And then I'll go to my keyboard with all the lyrics printed out and try to think of how to make this a complete musical thing. I've got a very basic keyboard with some presets. ~ Scott Walker
Musical Theatre quotes by Scott Walker
Inspiration arrived as a result of profound indolence ... I awoke with a start and witnessed as from a seat in a theatre, three acts of a potentially awesome play. ~ Jean Cocteau
Musical Theatre quotes by Jean Cocteau
Truth in theatre is always on the move. As you read this book, it is already moving out of date. it is for me an exercise, now frozen on the page. but unlike a book, the theatre has one special characteristic. It is always possible to start again. In life this is myth, we ourselves can never go back on anything. New leaves never turn, clocks never go back, we can never have a second chance. In the theatre, the slate is wiped clean all the time.

In everyday life, "if" is a fiction, in the theatre "if" is an experiment. In everyday life, "if" is an evasion, in the theatre "if" is the truth. When we are persuaded to believe in this truth then the theatre and life are one. This is a high aim. It sounds like hard work. To plays needs much work. But when we experiences the work as play, then it is not work anymore. A play is play. ~ Peter Brook
Musical Theatre quotes by Peter Brook
SheAlmighty had tuned each person in a musical key, and Kasper could hear it. Best in the brief, unguarded moments when people were nearby but didn't yet know he was listening. So he waited by the window, as he was doing now. ~ Peter Hoeg
Musical Theatre quotes by Peter Hoeg
I'm just glad that I'm the musical equivalent of a character actress, because blues singers can keep singing and having an audience at 35, and someone like Madonna's gonna have to find something else to do, 'cos I don't care how pointy those bras are that she wears, they're still gonna look a little odd when she's 55! ~ Bonnie Raitt
Musical Theatre quotes by Bonnie Raitt
Southern motherfucking democratic-republicans ~ Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Theatre quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way
through the senses, theoretically, technically. I would talk to Monk about musical problems, and he would sit at the piano and show me the answers just by playing them. I could watch him play and find out the things I wanted to know. Also, I could see a lot of things that I didn't know about at all. ~ John Coltrane
Musical Theatre quotes by John Coltrane
To forestall misunderstandings: there is value in creating and enjoying art. To many people, drawing, painting, sculpting, singing, and playing a musical instrument are vital forms of self-expression, and their lives would be poorer without them. People produce art in all cultures and in all kinds of situations, even when they cannot satisfy their basic physical needs. Other people enjoy seeing art. In a world in which everyone had enough to eat, basic health care, adequate sanitation, and a place at school for each of their children, there would be no problem about donating to museums and other institutions that offer an opportunity to see original works of art to all who wish to see them, and (more important, in my view) the opportunity to create art to those who lack opportunities to express themselves in this way. Sadly, we don't live in that world, at least not yet. ~ Peter Singer
Musical Theatre quotes by Peter Singer
I really was kind of like a musical nerd. I would watch VH1's 'Behind The Music.' That was heavy when I was a kid. I would sit up and want to watch that all day instead of going outside sometimes. ~ Rico Love
Musical Theatre quotes by Rico Love
To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate. ~ Robert Carlyle
Musical Theatre quotes by Robert Carlyle
Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution. ~ Novalis
Musical Theatre quotes by Novalis
I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully. ~ Samantha Barks
Musical Theatre quotes by Samantha Barks
To me acting is a hobby and I'm inspired by it. And if I'm going to spend time doing something that I'm not really inspired to do, then why am I doing it? I don't know if that sounds sort of new agey or whatever, but it's true. I've been lucky enough to have a musical career that has gone pretty good and acting is something I have always wanted to do. ~ Justin Timberlake
Musical Theatre quotes by Justin Timberlake
Looking back, I got the bed I wanted and I lay in it. I didn't want to go to America. If you want to join that world, you have to go and live there, and that was something I could not have done. I am very much about family. It doesn't matter where I live, but I feel very needful of my people around me. Besides, theatre is my first love. ~ Felicity Kendal
Musical Theatre quotes by Felicity Kendal
It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception. ~ Albert Einstein
Musical Theatre quotes by Albert Einstein
The range of genre that we is very diverse, which makes for a fun and multi-dimensional show, but creating something that flows, depending on what kind of vibe the show is going to be [loud dive bar, small theatre, festival] is a bit of an art a haphazard art at times. ~ Sarah Burton
Musical Theatre quotes by Sarah Burton
A sense of religion is something one is born with, like a musical ear. One can develop it, cultivate it, enrich it, but if one hasn't got its seed to begin with, no powers of the intellect, no sophistication of 'evidence' can awaken it. ~ Svetlana Alliluyeva
Musical Theatre quotes by Svetlana Alliluyeva
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