Musical theater Quotes · Page 3

I started in theatre. I went to the Boston Conservatory and majored in musical theater.

— Rachael MacFarlane

I never imagined that I would have a successful solo career, let alone one in musical theater.

— Dennis DeYoung

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

— Neil Tennant

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

— Christian Borle

I don't know exactly what kind of training musical theater actors get, but I never had that.

— Haaz Sleiman

I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers.

— Brianna Brown

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

— Janel Parrish

I really did start a whole way of thinking about musical theater.

— Joel Grey

I've auditioned for musicals a lot, but I think my voice didn't really match what they were looking for. I went to…

— Cristin Milioti

I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I…

— Madeline Brewer

I clearly had a career in musical theater ahead of me and somewhere took a left turn and started getting all dour…

— Rege-Jean Page

In 1987, when I was 19, I was studying musical theater at Boston's Emerson College. My sister, Tricia Leigh, told me about…

— Joely Fisher

To survive in a profession like this, you have to have absolute discipline and commitment, and I did not quite have it…

— Richard Armitage

I love musical theater because it's live. There is no Auto-Tune. There's no second chance. What you see is what you get.…

— Diana DeGarmo

I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that…

— Trevor Nunn

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but…

— Amanda Schull

The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then…

— Anton Yelchin

I think my dream would have been to be a solo artist. But it didn't work out like that, and I also…

— Luke Evans

When I wanted to audition for a dinner-theater junior troupe in my hometown, I needed to have a piece of musical theater…

— Audra McDonald

Dance has been a driving force in my life for 25 years. From music videos and hip hop, to jazz and musical…

— Anna Kaiser

I got serious about performing, and I got serious about acting. It's very funny; singing has always been a very separate thing…

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

I'm really eager to go back and do some theater. I would love to do some more comedy as well because I…

— Bridget Regan

I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs…

— Sara Bareilles

People who are feeling bullied and people who feel like outsiders should talk to their parents and guardians about finding a place…

— Nick Jonas

“I’m sorry, but this is musical theater, guys. Okay? You’ve just got to do it all.”

— Michael Sokolove

I love rock and opera, and I love musical theater, and I don't want to lose any of that.

— Lauren Worsham

I did a lot of children's theater in Miami Shores. My base musical theater training happened there.

— Randy Rainbow

I love theater. That's what I did in Mexico City. I did a lot of musical theater, and it's where my heart…

— Jaime Camil

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

— Madonna Ciccone

Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.

— Randy Rainbow

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

— Mandy Patinkin

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

— Michelle Visage

In college, I actually majored in Musical Theater. I was pursuing a BFA in Musical Theater.

— Grant Gustin

I grew up playing a lot of sports and doing musical theater.

— Renee Rapp

All I listened to until age 18 growing up was musical theater. I liked the escapism of it.

— Rachel Bloom

I am concerned about the musical theater, selfishly, because I love it.

— Joel Grey

Theater, especially musical theater, is a collaborative endeavor. The success of the venture is about the team.

— Betty Buckley

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

— Harold Prince

I used to watch a lot of musicals as a kid. Musical movies, not so much musical theater.

— Samuel Larsen

In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.

— Kevin Richardson