Broadway Quotes · Page 13

The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to see Broadway shows, is…

— Martin McDonagh

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

— John Lithgow

I moved to New York City in the '80s to be an actress and to be on Broadway. That was always my…

— Michelle Visage

If you had asked me when I was little, like, 'Imagine you were on Broadway,' I'd be like, 'Yeah, right.'

— Kaitlyn Bristowe

You can't make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.

— Colin Quinn

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was…

— Liza Minnelli

My mom took me to see 'Annie' on Broadway when I was little, and I just wanted to be doing what those…

— Bonnie Somerville

Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.

— Asrani

I've done Broadway, and it was a fantastic experience, but I'm very happy in London. If work comes that involves going to…

— Michelle Fairley

What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit -…

— Patti LuPone

Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think…

— Richard Griffiths

Broadway needs to let go of any fear that it won't succeed and take a knee. There's this rhetoric about being grateful…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I…

— Adrianne Palicki

All those days of waiting on tables until I could get a role on Broadway, all that time going to school taking…

— Marcia Gay Harden

I think every show I do, whether I am doing eight shows a week of a Broadway show... I think, "that's a…

— Lorna Luft

Producers on Broadway approached us with an original script after relaunching ourselves as 'A Great Big World,' and wanted us to write…

— Ian Axel

A few years after I graduated, I was doing a play in Boston and was asked to audition for Christophe Durang's play,…

— Shalita Grant

There's a strange sensation - you recall it from childhood - about sleeping in the afternoon. You rise into a different world…

— Jacquelyn Mitchard

They say for every light on Broadway there is a broken heart, an unrealized dream. And that’s the same in any profession.…

— Sutton Foster

You have two kinds of shows on Broadway - revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles.…

— Stephen Sondheim

Too many Broadway actors in motion pictures lost their grip on success--had a feeling that none of it had ever happened on…

— Mae West

The play I was doing [on a Broadway ], I was playing an obnoxious, outspoken kid, so [the director James Lapine ]…

— David Krumholtz

Teaching ... particularly in the 1990s, teaching what is far and away the dumbest generation in American history, is the same as…

— Philip Roth

The Beatles first appeared on our show on February 9, 1964, and I have never seen any scenes to compare with the…

— Ed Sullivan

I'd be very surprised if 'The Greatest Showman' didn't end up on Broadway at some point.

— Michael Gracey

I worked consistently on Broadway from when I was 8 years old through 'Spring Awakening,' which I left in 2008.

— Lea Michele

The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just…

— Jane Krakowski

Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way.

— Will M Cook

I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and…

— James Badge Dale

I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls,…

— Michael Showalter

I was asked if I'd audition for a part in a Broadway musical because the director just loved me.

— Amy Macdonald

I love Broadway World! I'm like such a dork; I wake up, get my cup of coffee, and am like, 'Let's see…

— Lea Michele

Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.

— Laura Benanti

Getting to perform my first Broadway tour in my hometown in the first three weeks of my contract has been so special.

— Myha'la

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.

— Ray Conniff

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

— Meat Loaf

I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.

— Lea Michele

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.

— Kevin Spacey

People sometimes forget how important # Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.

— Hunter Parrish

I love doing both theater and television. I definitely foresee more Broadway, but I think I would like to keep the singing…

— Andrew Rannells