Culture Quote by Marc Platt

If you write enough musicals you pretty much have a sense of where they should go, what you'll need, and when; how to pull…

— Alan Menken

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

Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux.

— Tim Curry

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

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape.

— Julie Taymor

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

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

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

— Sheila Hancock

Movies, there are moments when you're writing a song or demoing, a moment in the recording studio. Musicals much more just eat up your…

— Alan Menken

I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era…

— Carmen Ejogo

I'm thrilled in a way because musicals should be preserved. It's mostly unique to America, and they give us so much joy.

— Julie Andrews

Being known for musicals is a great thing.

— Zac Efron