Broadway Quotes · Page 16

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

— Will Durant

I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.

— Mary Gordon

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

— Elia Kazan

Broadway is not about surprises. It's about rewarding the putrid, formulaic crap that makes Broadway Broadway.

— Hilton Als

After I saw 'Annie' on Broadway, I came out of the show crying, because I wanted to be on that stage.

— Noah Schnapp

What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

— Nathan Lane

I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.

— Jonathan Groff

I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway…

— Abby Lee Miller

My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped,…

— Grant Gustin

We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television,…

— Toni Tennille

I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever…

— Uzo Aduba

“When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the…

— Samuel G. Freedman

I learnt a lot from my Broadway experience, it was one of the most challenging things I will probably ever have to…

— Ariana Grande

I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact…

— Mike Birbiglia

I'm inordinately proud of Smash, on so many levels. The complexity of producing that show, every week, is just incredible. As a…

— Robert Greenblatt

I can tell you that in my modern life I enjoy language. I enjoy words, their meaning, what they sound like to…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where…

— Lorna Luft

What's interesting was with all the shows I did on Broadway, I was either the dance captain or the assistant choreographer -…

— Rob Marshall

It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it,…

— Denzel Washington

Shakespeare is God, of course. I have studied his plays for the vast majority of my sentient life. When I was a…

— Ken Ludwig

I used to live in the Bronx, then I lived uptown on 106th St. and Broadway, and finally I moved to Harlem…

— Regina Hall

But if you get a kick out of "The Jerry Springer Show," you're going to love it! The idea of hearing these…

— Max von Essen

Simon McBurney on "All My Sons" on Broadway - we had an eight-week rehearsal period and I really enjoyed the way that…

— Katie Holmes

They say that I won't last too long on Broadway. I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home. They all say but they're…

— George Benson

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

— Naima Adedapo

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

— Kirstin Maldonado

More people saw the pilot of 'Glee' than saw me in my entire 10-year career on Broadway.

— Matthew Morrison

Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to…

— Carmen Cusack

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

— Andrea Martin

Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.

— Penn Jillette

The first Broadway show that I ever saw was 'Kiss Me, Kate.' I was in New York, on a school trip.

— Cole Escola

I wanted to be a Broadway actress; I was always interested in music and theater.

— Randi Zuckerberg

I went on a few auditions for Broadway musicals, and never stopped taking classes, but I didn't take it seriously until I…

— Brendan Dooling

The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic show, part rock concert, and part conjuring things.

— Naseeruddin Shah

I would like there to be gender equity. I would like the Broadway season to reflect sort of the demographic of the…

— Lynn Nottage

Making my Broadway debut was, in and of itself, just a dream come true. I've wanted to be on Broadway forever.

— Ethan Slater

I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the…

— Pablo Schreiber

So somehow we've got to get back to making stuff for people that are not necessarily interested in seeing the common Broadway…

— Steven Pasquale

My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my…

— Annaleigh Ashford