Quotes about Musicals

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. Votes: 4

Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff. Votes: 3

Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux. Votes: 3

Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner. Votes: 3

Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes. Votes: 3

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe. Votes: 3

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe... Votes: 3

Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia. Votes: 3

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic. Votes: 3

Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances. Votes: 3

Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration. Votes: 3

Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's none of it simple. Votes: 3

Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character. It can really move and tell a story, and literally direct you to look here or there. Votes: 3

I've loved musicals ever since I saw 'The Lion King' on Broadway. Votes: 2

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore. Votes: 2

The only genre I have any problem with is musicals, but that's just my own tastes it's nothing to do with the films. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too. Votes: 2

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music. Votes: 2

The musicals had a good, happy feeling, saying that the world is a better place. They say it's not reality, but who cares? There's too much reality these days. Votes: 2

I don't think I've got the stuff that Broadway musicals are made of. But there are definitely many musicals that I enjoy. 'Hair' and 'Rent' might be my favorites. Votes: 2

I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume. Votes: 2

I don't have that kind of voice, the big baritone or rousing tenor sound. My wheelhouse was in the frothier pieces. So my appreciation for those older musicals and revivals grew. Votes: 2

I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did. Votes: 2

Musicals are so expensive to put on the stage that you have to have the backing of a corporate, you have to have Universal Studios or Disney or somebody to put in the money. Votes: 2

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 necessarily mean you know the other. You have to be comfortable with it. Votes: 2

I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it. Votes: 2

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story. Votes: 2

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 interest me, and then somewhere along the way, I discover that hidden inside are these epic themes. Votes: 2

I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people. Votes: 2

I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world. Votes: 2

I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see 'Tommy' when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it. Votes: 2

I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musicals and then it kind of got to a point where I started to - wanted to do my own songs. Votes: 2

I'm not a fan of musicals at all, but I do think 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a very good. I always thought 'Walk the Line' was very good, too. I was in 'Nowhere Boy.' I played Paul McCartney. That was kind of musical - we did songs in that. Votes: 2

If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that. Votes: 2

I tap danced for ten years before I began to understand people don't make musicals anymore. All I wanted to do was be at MGM working for Arthur Freed or Gene Kelly or Vincent Minelli. Historical and geographical constraints made this impossible. Slowly but surely the pen became mightier than the double pick-up time step with shuffle. Votes: 2

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting. Votes: 2

My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, 'The Color Purple' is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it's got hard stuff in it, but so does 'Les Miserables' and 'Phantom of the Opera.' Votes: 2

Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time. Votes: 2

I'm not really into musicals. Votes: 0

I started out doing musicals. Votes: 0

I hate musicals, especially film musicals. Votes: 0

I love Gershwin. I love musicals. Votes: 0

I love musicals and I love Broadway. Votes: 0

I like musicals and I love music. Votes: 0

I only know how to write musicals. Votes: 0

What musicals need is a new me. Votes: 0

I would like to do some musicals. Votes: 0

Being known for musicals is a great thing. Votes: 0

I like musicals that look more like plays. Votes: 0

I've grown to really love musicals, you know? Votes: 0

Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals. Votes: 0

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer. Votes: 0

Being a gay married man, I love Broadway musicals. Votes: 0

In college, I started out doing musicals and Shakespeare Votes: 0

My mother would only let us go to the musicals. Votes: 0

I started training for musicals since I was a boy. Votes: 0

I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals. Votes: 0

I mean, I've done musicals, but it's not my best thing. Votes: 0

There are wonderful museums with lots of photographs of 1920's musicals. Votes: 0

I love musicals. I love horror movies and I love art movies. Votes: 0

I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals. Votes: 0

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes. Votes: 0

Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. Votes: 0

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects. Votes: 0

I don't see that many plays, and for me, musicals are rarely pleasing. Votes: 0

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid. Votes: 0

Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals. Votes: 0

I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical. Votes: 0

I loved musicals, love them still. But also, I'm really inspired by comedy music. Votes: 0

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. Votes: 0

Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays. Votes: 0

As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals. Votes: 0

I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me. Votes: 0

I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth. Votes: 0

Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it. Votes: 0

I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals. Votes: 0

I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up. Votes: 0

I love musicals and I'm happy they are coming back because I'd love to do more. Votes: 0

Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there. Votes: 0

Listen - I like musicals. Even when they're bad, there's a couple of dancers I can watch. Votes: 0

I think that both musicals and opera have a capacity to get to an inner emotional landscape. Votes: 0

Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music. Votes: 0

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge. Votes: 0

I really wanted to do, more than anything else, up until I was around 16, 17, was write musicals. Votes: 0

Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children. Votes: 0

Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand? Votes: 0

Broadway musicals, where you sing the whole time, I really don't like; I like alternating dialogue and music. Votes: 0

I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs. Votes: 0

I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals. Votes: 0

I have found my heaven in musicals. When I watch a musical, it makes me believe life is still beautiful. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium. Votes: 0

I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years. Votes: 0

I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic. Votes: 0

I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that. Votes: 0

I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions. Votes: 0

I'm thrilled in a way because musicals should be preserved. It's mostly unique to America, and they give us so much joy. Votes: 0

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows. Votes: 0

What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater. Votes: 0

I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals. Votes: 0

I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. Votes: 0

I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions.' Votes: 0

I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something. Votes: 0

In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that. Votes: 0

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals. Votes: 0

I always admired Hugh Jackman as an actor in movies but also in theatre because I'm a big fan of Broadway musicals. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music. Votes: 0

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? Votes: 0

New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation. Votes: 0

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs. Votes: 0

I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different shows. Votes: 0

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle. Votes: 0

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun. Votes: 0

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios. Votes: 0

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. Votes: 0

I'm a fan of musicals from great masters, and I was able to have an opportunity to express myself in musical numbers with Glee. Votes: 0

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals. Votes: 0

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. Votes: 0

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals. Votes: 0

The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants. Votes: 0

When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art. Votes: 0

I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay. Votes: 0

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and musicals. Votes: 0

I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high school. Votes: 0

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers. Votes: 0

I thought that I could do some kind of vehicle involving rock musicals and presenting rock and characters and storyline in a completely different fashion. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

I don't think musicals are my thing. I'm not a big fan. Definitely have to get on the stage and do something like a straight play. Votes: 0

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing musicals for different studios. Votes: 0

I went on a few auditions for Broadway musicals, and never stopped taking classes, but I didn't take it seriously until I was out of college. Votes: 0

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs! Votes: 0

No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang. Votes: 0

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music Votes: 0

Broadway purists may deplore the influx of movie-spinoff musicals in recent years, wishing someone would turn off the popcorn machine and let more imaginative brainstorms blow through. Votes: 0

One of things I'd love to do one day is a Shakespeare with Trevor Nunn. I've done musicals with him, but never Shakespeare. There's no one better. Votes: 0

Hit songs did not come out of musicals. Pop-rock was creating the hits. There were very few songs that made the charts out of any Broadway musical. Votes: 0

People in their early 20s are not often considered the target demographic for new plays; musicals have had much more success in exploring that coming-of-age period of life. Votes: 0

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 people on that journey. Votes: 0

I'm not the singer that I wish I was or that some people think I could be. I wish I had the pipes to just jump into musicals. Votes: 0

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us. Votes: 0

At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals. Votes: 0

Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian. Votes: 0

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 of self-awareness and social revolutions. Votes: 0

When I was 17, I worked at a bagel shop - I ate so many! I was also in all the school musicals, which we rehearsed for during the afternoons. Votes: 0

My two favorite musicals growing up in were 'Annie' and 'Sweeney Todd,' and my best friend and I would sing all the songs when I was a kid. Votes: 0

It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts. Votes: 0

I love performing in a good straight play as well and I'm a crossover actor, I crossover from plays to musicals, musicals to plays. This is very difficult for performers. Votes: 0

Organized religion and musicals present tenets to live by that don't entirely make sense but, on the whole, make people who believe them secure, thus giving an appearance of inclusiveness. Votes: 0

I know, for me, 'Grease' was one of the first musicals that I can really remember watching as a kid, and I kind of fell in love that that genre. Votes: 0

Growing up, I was always in my high school musicals and everything, but I kind of stopped doing all that when I finished school and acting became my main priority. Votes: 0

There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. But I am smart enough not to combine the two things. Votes: 0

I really, really love new work, and that's why, you know, I produced a concert series supporting new musicals and stuff like that. I hope to do more things like that. Votes: 0

I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead! Votes: 0

I'd been out of the movies for years, I had had a wonderful stage career, yes, in musicals and so on, but you don't really make any money in the theater. Votes: 0

I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place. Votes: 0

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really conversational, it's much easier for them to bridge that gap. Votes: 0

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 to a mainstream culture in order to survive. Votes: 0

I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future. Votes: 0

I'm not really a 'puppet' person in particular; I think they are very theatrical, and I've found different uses for them in shows, but my true interest is in writing Broadway musicals. Votes: 0

When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so that put me on the actor track and the musicals track. Votes: 0

I did all the musicals in my high school; I was in a pop group signed to Cash Money Records in college. Music has always been a really big part of my life. Votes: 0

When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot. Votes: 0

I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie' and 'Wizard of Oz.' I was always in the chorus. Votes: 0

I love musicals and music driven films, and my first instinct is to tell the story. And when music is a big part of the action I can literally make the story sing! Votes: 0

Some of my favorite films are musicals, like 'Walk the Line,' 'The Rose' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' I just love the way the music and the story fuel each other. Votes: 0

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 takes a genius to know how to do it. Votes: 0

Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are. Votes: 0

I listened to John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel. Edith Piaf was a huge favourite. Then I discovered musicals - I loved 'Les Miserables' - and, at about 14, I started listening to David Gray. Votes: 0

I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing. Votes: 0

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals." Votes: 0

I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals. Votes: 0

We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway. Votes: 0

I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing lessons years ago - I put the time in! Votes: 0

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began. Votes: 0

My taste is very eclectic. I love musicals, but I also love the classics. I've seen some fantastic productions. I was in a musical for 600 performances in Australia that I first saw in New York. Votes: 0

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. Votes: 0

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. I think that's a reason why musicals are the hardest form. Votes: 0

Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings so effortlessly. They have a scope and ambition that's missing from many musicals now. Votes: 0

In many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and musicals... but so little worship. There are announcements and readings and prayers... but so little worship. Votes: 0