Quotes About Broadway

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance.' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know.'

I've been really, really fortunate to get some fantastic opportunities on Broadway, and I cherish all of them.

I am almost famous in China, because I have that Broadway cachet.

My first role was on Broadway from 1963-64 in Chips With Everything.' It was very well reviewed but not very well attended.

I'm a weird dichotomy of nerd, sports fan, and musical theater, so I'd love to do a superhero musical on Broadway. But all the good superheroes are claimed.

I'm the journeyman actor that you saw in one scene here, two scenes there. I've been eking out a living doing theater - Broadway, Off Broadway - film supporting roles, that I'm just excited to be a part of the conversation.

I think typically you'd start in a supporting role or an ensemble role, or maybe even an off-Broadway role. So to come into a lead role on Broadway, especially taking over a role that has been played by two phenomenal actors in the past, that is some large shoes to fill.

My mom was always so supportive; she enabled me to pursue my dreams. I danced on Broadway as a kid, and she would never miss a show.

I suppose a certain degree of adulthood has entered my life. Aiming for Broadway, I can't think that way any more. Of course, Broadway will always be important. But it's not the focus of everything that you do. You know, I'm very happy I was born when I was, so I got there in time. When it was time to get there.

Maybe when my kids are grown up, I can go back to Broadway. It would be great someday, I suppose.

I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.

The first role that I got on Broadway was supposedly for a white man. But I had some producers who fought for me and allowed me to come in.

Broadway is not about surprises. It's about rewarding the putrid, formulaic crap that makes Broadway Broadway.

If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.

If you were an actor, anybody could go on Broadway and take a George Carlin hour and do it on stage as a one man show. They're all stand alone essays.

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.

I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.

Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows.

Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.

All the lights on Broadway don't amount to an acre of green.

I've been able to go on and have a successful career on Broadway and certainly the last five years in Las Vegas have been amazing.

Residents of New York City might be interested to know that Broadway was originally an Indian road, and that Astor Place, where it begins, was the shared lacrosse field for the three nations that occupied Manhattan.