Archetype Quote by George C. Wolfe

I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed…

— George C. Wolfe

I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus…

— Sean Mahon

There's been so many different types of musicals, and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really…

— Melissa Etheridge

With a musical, you kind of have to do a mind-meld with the book-writer, the lyricist, the composer, the director - sometimes the producer.…

— David Henry Hwang

There's an incredibly grand attitude towards musicals. I don't understand why my profession is so snooty about it.

— Sheila Hancock

I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to stage. Parents…

— Bertie Carvel

You have to understand the medium you're writing for. People jump into writing musicals without realizing how complicated they are. Knowing one form doesn't…

— Jason Robert Brown

I think the genre of musical theatre, when it started, the pop songwriters of the time were writing the music. I think sometimes when…

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe...

— Ezra Koenig

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing…

— Colin Meloy

Musicals allow a depth of emotion that you don't get in another form of acting, the chord changes, the lyrics really affect people, so…

— Michael Ball

We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat.

— Anthony Head