Broadway Quote by Alan Menken

Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty much you…

— Alan Menken

I love musicals and music driven films, and my first instinct is to tell the story. And when music is a big part of…

— David Raiklen

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

— Kelli O'Hara

I guess I think of a musical as something in which the music is sort of like the engine of the piece - whether…

— John Kander

Doing a musical is like having a kid. It's out there alive somewhere. It's not like a movie or a TV show where what…

— Trey Parker

To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny…

— Eric Idle

I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater. But in…

— Stephen Sondheim

A musical is really one of the most complicated beasts. It's a play, and there's music... and there's dancing... it's unbelievably satisfying to get…

— David Bryan

We've always liked music in movies, you know, just 'cause it helps tell the story. It can be emotional. It can be funny. It…

— John Musker

It's much easier to write a song for a musical than just writing a song because, writing for a musical, you know what the…

— Leslie Bricusse

Each musical finds its own way.

— Quiara Alegria Hudes

Anything can be a musical if it makes sense for it to be a musical.

— Michael Patrick Walker