Brides Quote by James Ponsoldt

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

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

I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling…

— Rachel Bloom

I love musicals but it's very, very different. It's really just a different form than serious drama, and has very different rules and a…

— Tony Kushner

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

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

Most musicals are informed by very rigid archetypes. If you get a very sophisticated mind writing them, you sense something else, but it's a…

— George C. Wolfe

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

— Ezra Koenig

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

I do like musicals, but I'm not so well-versed in them. I would rather tell stories that just so happen to have a song…

— Betty Gabriel

What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?

— Damien Chazelle

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