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title: "9 Think Musicals Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincente-minnelli/but-i-think-musicals-are-going-to-have-to-deal-with-important-subjects/)

[Vincente Minnelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincente-minnelli/)

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> [I don't think musicals are my thing. I'm not a big fan. Definitely have to get on the stage and do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-westwick/i-don-t-think-musicals-are-my-thing-i-m-not-a-big-fan-definitely-have/)

[Ed Westwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-westwick/)

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> [That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincente-minnelli/that-s-what-i-think-musicals-will-come-to-no-backstage-stories/)

[Vincente Minnelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincente-minnelli/)

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> [I think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-taymor/i-think-that-both-musicals-and-opera-have-a-capacity-to-get-to-an/)

[Julie Taymor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-taymor/)

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> [You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-prince/you-think-musicals-they-must-always-be-romantic-you-d-be-surprised/)

[Harold Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-prince/)

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> [Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincente-minnelli/nowadays-the-audience-has-changed-no-one-can-anticipate-the-audience/)

[Vincente Minnelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincente-minnelli/)

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> [I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd-young/i-think-that-of-musicals-especially-the-big-splashy-ones-require-an/)

[John Lloyd Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd-young/)

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> [I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertie-carvel/i-think-musicals-can-be-more-than-what-people-imagine-that-ll-be-the/)

[Bertie Carvel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertie-carvel/)

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> [I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-wolfe/i-think-musicals-are-a-lowbrow-populist-art-form-and-i-don-t-mean/)

[George C. Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-wolfe/)

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