But the stuff that I do is more like all the comic roles like in The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus and I just did this Offenbach operetta at the LA Opera. I love it. I just love it. For… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I think it's keeping a surprise element, so that the audience never gets ahead of you. I like to pull the rug out from… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
When I do operas, I'm not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and an oboist,… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
Yeah, the actors really come in as lumps of clay. We're ready to work with the directors and find our way. These guys really… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I also think the reason I like to do a one-man show is you're not limited into the confines of a role. There's so… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
But the stuff that I do is more like all the comic roles like in The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus and I just… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going to be… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
There's lots of room to be your own worse critic. It's just you, so I think that's inherit, that voice that's always that's there… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I got my Backstage Bistro Award, I should just retire. You know, that's a good question and I guess it's really really different for… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I know when I like to go see a show, I like to see people show as many different facets of themselves as they… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
The operas that I do are more in the operetta world, but I've gotten to do them in all of these major opera companies… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I'm a prostitute. Do you know what, it really is basically I just really like to work! I'm thrilled that there's a variety. It's… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
If you don't get a laugh I immediately think it's somebody else's fault. You can always blame the material. But when it's just yourself… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make it a little bit more personal this time. All my shows are hodge-podges, and this one is no exception but… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating because when… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
