Laura Osnes Quotes

To be honest, it was a little bit of a surprise to me that my Broadway debut was a musical.

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

'Rent' was my first professional job, ever.

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.

My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my big break!

I sing; I started my career at 9 years old in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway.

My first live performance was the lead in 'Peter Pan.'

A 'Looking' musical would completely bring me back to Broadway. I would come back in a second.

I played sports, I did all that, but I was a theater kid.

'Once on This Island' is one of my favorite musicals, so to have the lead in that would be great.

Musicals look beautiful and great and fun, but man, when you're getting into it, you got to be on top of it.

I've dreamt lucidly about how my Broadway debut would go and what that would feel like, but I know that I can't be prepared for that.

I'm not a fan of musicals. Never have been.

They had a contest where they would - for some reason, someone in the past loved musical theater, and so if you wrote a musical, they would fully fund it and put it on the main stage with full costumes and a set and everything, and my roommate said we should totally do that.

I loved being a film executive. But something was always missing for me. I always had the feeling that I was looking over my shoulder - what's going on on Broadway?

I grew up in musicals actually, and the last show I did in Dublin, 'Alice in Funderland', was a musical, and one that was written around my voice, which was nice.

You have an iconic character in Superman. You want to keep him vital and relevant to the audience as it evolves. So there's a creative dynamic.

I'm a super theater nerd.

I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc.

After I left the R.S.C., I did a musical, 'Masquerade,' where I played a rabbit. I was the lead.

I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.'

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

We couldn't even contemplate doing 'Hairspray' without a live audience.

I never got interested in musicals.

Any musical is a major undertaking.