Difficult Quote by Christian Campbell

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of…

— Trey Anastasio

The point of songs in theater is that you're supposed to end up in a different place than where you started.

— Barrett Wilbert Weed

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater…

— John Lithgow

With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.

— Alice Ripley

Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.

— Ismail Merchant

Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could…

— Frank Wildhorn

While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don't intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A story will…

— Stephen Schwartz

I've grown to really love musicals, you know?

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage.

— Joss Whedon

I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking…

— Marisa Tomei

Ah, it's awesome learning about theater, but it's a completely different musical landscape from rock and roll.

— Charlotte Caffey

I grew up on musicals, and I love them so much.

— Jessica Rothe