Bjorn Ulvaeus Quotes

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.

The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.

I think 'Hair' is the kind of show that benefits from the live experience - it needs to be seen and heard.

When I'm in the audience of Broadway shows, I feel like I'm in the presence of something really special with artists working at the height of their craft and doing the best work that they possibly can.

I got to see Linda's [Hart] live when it first came on Broadway. I just loved her. I've always been a fan of hers.

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

I love plays. Even bad ones. I like the fact that actual live, breathing people are standing before you in tense situations that you are not personally responsible for.

There's no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. It's all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

I love the power of theater. I think it's an experience you never forget.

Doing my Broadway show '700 Sundays' reminded me how much I love working in front of an audience.

The thing about the four-camera shows is that it's kind of a great combo of theater and film. You have an audience, but you have a camera to capture things, so that's a great thing, too.

I like the idea of conceiving a show and putting on a show, and especially when I got to the place where I could play theaters.

In Broadway, we do love jazz hands.

With improv or a full length play - you know how you go to a theater, and after 10 minutes you say, 'Oh, I don't like this thing,' but you don't want to get up and leave? At a sketch show, it's always something new every few minutes.

Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.

Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto' tour was incredible.

I like the fact that some of your favorite Broadway musicals are not made into movies.

I'm interested in putting something on stage that will have a very wide appeal without being condescending; that will reach an audience and make it part of the dance; that will get everybody in the theater.

We do pretty much the same set list every night, and the show's down to certain cues because we have video and all this production and lights and everything going on.

I've always been obsessed with being on stage and putting shows together.

A stage show's popularity depends on its organisers and the public, but primarily on the performer.

There are some actors who come alive in front of a crowd, and if you've cast it right, there's an energy between cast and audience that can be exhilarating for both parties, then enjoyed by the audience at home.

I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?'

Most musicals are real crowd pleasers.

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