Nikka Graff Lanzarone

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…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

If things come up, we can say, "We're not ready for this, let's move some things around."

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

And as ensemblists start being asked to do more things that require an insane skill set, that inherent value will, I hope,…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Where we're telling the story of the history of the ensemblist [in the "Ensemblist Essentials"], using the nine musicals that have won…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us.

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that.

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

I've never done Something Rotten either.

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

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

It [The Esemblist] is also about the generation of audience members that are watching shows and listening to us at the same…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

Showtunes might be able to come back into pop music, which is something we haven't seen since the 50s and 60s. Everything…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

We also have a team that works really well together, that knows whose turn it is to pick up what someone else…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

I think that a solid team, solid communication, is the number one thing in life at all times.

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

We're just trying to restore equilibrium to the Universe, that's all.

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

We haven't truly had a zeitgeisty, 'songs on the radio' show, since...I want to say "One Night in Bangkok" was the last…

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone