Misty Copeland Quotes

I'll never forget seeing 'Guys and Dolls' over and over. I used to sit up in the coliseum watching this magnificent musical. Brilliant.

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

We all know that on Broadway you need to have stars to do a play.

I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.

Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances.

I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday. I miss singing a lot. I listen to Broadway show tunes in my car and sing along to them.

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.

I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me.

I loved doing 'Rock of Ages' in N.Y. and that, but its such a large scale, and so many things go into it.

What I found out about stage is that there is such a camaraderie between the actors.

My mom was in the chorus of 'Hello Dolly' and 'The Worldly Players'; my dad would build the set.

I have been into acting and direction, but choreography is my first love.

I really want to do Broadway.

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

The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'

I've always liked musical theater, and getting to do stuff like that where I can just dance around and just be crazy is just super fun.

I started a theater company when I was 17.

I love theater. Like, every time I go to New York, I see a play.

It's the most amazing cast, a dream cast. We laugh all the time.

In the theatre, as anyone knows who's even done amateur theatre all their lives, you immediately find a family there. Because you're under stress, you're trying to create something, you're putting on a show, you find brothers and sisters right away.

That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.

Theater is hard.