Backstage Quote by Lynn Nottage

There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to…

— Laura Benanti

So somehow we've got to get back to making stuff for people that are not necessarily interested in seeing the common Broadway fare.

— Steven Pasquale

I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's…

— Harold Prince

We have some extremely talented people that we've ripped off the Broadway stage. It's awe-inspiring how talented they are, and how can-do they are.…

— Jane Lynch

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of…

— Vincente Minnelli

It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue…

— Victor Garber

We have a desperate need for producers in the [commercial Broadway] theatre, and it is very hard for them to get money and find…

— Arthur Laurents

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

— Nikka Graff Lanzarone

People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.

— Loretta Devine

Sometimes it should be the job of Broadway to introduce stars as well as cast them.

— John Tiffany

Broadway is such a diverse community. Everybody knows how I believe, and everyone believes, and it's not a big deal. But in Hollywood, if…

— Kristin Chenoweth

There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.

— Tim Rice