We don't have a studio, we don't have a radio station, we don't have anybody breathing down our necks to make a budget. We don't have any benchmarks that we have to hit. Our benchmarks are ones that we have… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
We haven't truly had a zeitgeisty, 'songs on the radio' show, since...I want to say "One Night in Bangkok" was the last musical theatre song that charted. That was so long ago. — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
We don't have a studio, we don't have a radio station, we don't have anybody breathing down our necks to make a budget. We… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
If things come up, we can say, "We're not ready for this, let's move some things around." — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
And as ensemblists start being asked to do more things that require an insane skill set, that inherent value will, I hope, be held… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist today, and… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
Where we're telling the story of the history of the ensemblist [in the "Ensemblist Essentials"], using the nine musicals that have won the Pulitzer… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us. — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that. — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
I'd like to see the first act of Sunday in the Park with George, and the second act of Hamilton. Every day. — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
It [The Esemblist] is also about the generation of audience members that are watching shows and listening to us at the same time; hopefully,… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
Showtunes might be able to come back into pop music, which is something we haven't seen since the 50s and 60s. Everything is related… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
We also have a team that works really well together, that knows whose turn it is to pick up what someone else can't continue-the… — Nikka Graff Lanzarone Copy Share Image
![“Where we're telling the story of the history of the ensemblist [in the "Ensemblist Essentials"], using the nine musicals that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as fixed points in time We're going from 1931 to 2016 and using these shows to talk about what the typical show was like for an…” quote by Nikka Graff Lanzarone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/660/nikka-graff-lanzarone-32371_changing-everything_where-we-re-telling-the-story-of-the-his_428148.jpg)
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