Tony Kushner Quotes

I have always loved Broadway.

I would love to go back to Broadway.

My goal was simply to be a working actress. I never imagined myself on Broadway.

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

I feel like 'Sweat' arrived on Broadway at the moment that it needed to. I feel like a commercial audience was not prepared for 'Ruined' or 'Intimate Apparel' for many different reasons.

Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.

During the winter of 2013, we were running 'Comet' up in midtown - as opposed to downtown - and across the street in the Standard, and that was, like, our third time going at it, from Ars Nova to downtown to near Broadway. We weren't on Broadway. We were near Broadway, as we said.

I think 'Rent' will run forever.

I want 'Rent' to last forever.

If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.

My aunt Marcia Cope-Hart was in 'Phantom Of the Opera' in San Francisco for quite a few years when I was growing up, so we would go into the city a lot to see her.

'Broadway Bound' is near and dear to my heart, as it was one of my happiest times on Broadway.

When 'night, Mother' opened, I did not know how long it would be before I would have another show on Broadway.

There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York.

I had seen 'Avenue Q' off-Broadway back in 2003 and fell in love with it. I just thought it was the smartest, funniest thing I'd seen in a long time.

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

I have very important phone messages that will be playing Broadway. An evening of my tweets I think is going to be booked into the Golden Theatre.

I absolutely loved my stint on Broadway in 'Hairspray.'

I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.

I was in New York. I had been doing theater for many years, and then I got hired to a little part - they weren't calling it an extra, but I didn't have lines. It was a 'featured' part.

Los Angeles doesn't have as vital a theatre as New York does. And that's something that really interests me.

'Wicked' has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history, and we are thrilled that theatergoers here have embraced the musical and welcomed us so heartily.