Jason Graae

I think it's keeping a surprise element, so that the audience never gets ahead of you. I like to pull the rug…

— Jason Graae

When I do operas, I'm not really singing very classically. I have a classical background as far as being a pianist and…

— Jason Graae

Yeah, the actors really come in as lumps of clay. We're ready to work with the directors and find our way. These…

— Jason Graae

I also think the reason I like to do a one-man show is you're not limited into the confines of a role.…

— Jason Graae

But the stuff that I do is more like all the comic roles like in The Merry Widow and Die Fledermaus and…

— Jason Graae

I come in as an actor, having read through the script a few times, made a couple of character-choices, thinking I'm going…

— Jason Graae

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…

— Jason Graae

I got my Backstage Bistro Award, I should just retire. You know, that's a good question and I guess it's really really…

— Jason Graae

I know when I like to go see a show, I like to see people show as many different facets of themselves…

— Jason Graae

My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago…

— Jason Graae

The operas that I do are more in the operetta world, but I've gotten to do them in all of these major…

— Jason Graae

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…

— Jason Graae

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…

— Jason Graae

I'm trying to make it a little bit more personal this time. All my shows are hodge-podges, and this one is no…

— Jason Graae

That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating…

— Jason Graae