Quotes About Musical

The 'Donny and Marie' show is incredible. It's not a musical, but for sheer entertainment value and energy, it's a real 10 out of 10.

I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'

If you had asked me, in the days of me dreaming about what would happen in the future, who I would want to write my first original musical, it would hands-down have been Pasek and Paul.

If I had maintained my athletic fantasy, I probably would have ended up as a fat football coach somewhere in central Pennsylvania. I'm really glad I'm starring in a Broadway musical instead.

'Penny for Your Thoughts' was something I noodled on for a while.

Hamilton was young, dashing, and romantic. He lent himself perfectly to be the star of a musical.

I used to perform with the Pussycat Dolls before Nicole Scherzinger, before they were a musical group.

I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it in that way, as a creator of something, not so much a performer. So that's in my head.

I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers.

And my singing, I don't think I could sing Wagner or opera, but I could probably carry a tune. I was in a musical once, but it was never performed.

Wagner is contrapuntal in a philosophical way as well as a musical way. What I mean by that is that every tendency has its opposite, and you see that in the man himself. He's a metaphysical hermaphrodite - he embraces hard and soft, masculine and feminine.

I went into Xanadu going, 'I really dislike this movie - let me try to make it something wonderful,' but with 'The Band Wagon,' I really revere this movie. It's really a beautiful movie musical. And, yet, because I'm a writer and look at it that way, I see that there are faults in it.

I would love to do a musical. When I did 'Fame L.A.' for a year - all the singing, dancing and acting - I was in heaven. I cried so much when they cancelled the show. I mean, I loved going to work and I couldn't wait to get on the set.

The first job I got was a production of 'Fame - the Musical,' at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it got me my Equity card, too. I waited 12 hours to be seen for it, though!

My first professional gig was 'Once Upon a Mattress' at the Drury Lane Oakbrook... I was in the ensemble. I was one of the ladies in waiting, and I covered Winnifred.

'High School Musical' is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it.

It's been an amazing life. It's really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life.

I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'

The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for you.

I remember seeing 'Chicago' and 'Legally Blonde' and waiting by the stage door.

I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.

If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.

I wanted to write for Broadway.

I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.