My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was… — 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 and songs that you've picked up because you love them and stories that you've written yourself… — 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
