I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals
The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.
I want to be a recording artist for my whole entire life. But Broadway is something I would come back to at any given moment. I love, love, love doing theater.
I remember going onstage on Broadway in this Leigh Bowery thing for a track like "Ich Bin Kunst. " I've got breasts, this latex dripping down on my head, and I come out in a box. I just remember the audience looking really horrified because Rosie [O'Donnell] was trying to sell the show as sort of Pippin and Annie. She was saying it's a family show.
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.
People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.
It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway.
You could drive a rental car until you don't want it. Just get out of it while it's moving and just walk away. No, I don't feel like being in that car any longer. Just call Hertz. Hi, your car is drifting into the intersection of 28th and Broadway, if you're interested. It's now your problem.
Regarding the current Broadway revival of The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: There will always be those who sniff that the show is "feel good"-but, oh, it feels good to feel good. And the main reason The Music Man feels so good is that it is good-a great American musical.
It's always a thrill to walk through a Broadway stage door.
I've always felt embraced by the Broadway community even before I felt like I earned it.
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singeractors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.
When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, "The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between. "
If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.
I miss singing. I did Broadway forever.
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.