America Ferrera Quotes

I'm obsessed with 'Hamilton.' I've seen it, like, three times, and if I could get a weekly pass, I would.

I was a big Broadway fan for a while.

We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway.

I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.

I was pretty new to the Broadway world once I began working in it. I hadn't really grown up being too aware of that many shows or that many actors in shows. I was always obsessed with Judy Garland, though.

The only shows I saw as a kid were that holy trinity: 'Les Miz,' 'Cats,' 'Phantom.'

So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow, you really got it right when you picked this show to be your first one.'

Show-wise, I love 'Little Shop' and 'Big River', 'Avenue Q,' and 'Spring Awakening'.

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

I have rarely met a musical I haven't liked.

I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.

It's almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - I'm a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are.

I did see 'Les Miz' and I thought it was just incredible. Totally incredible. I love 'Chicago,' too.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.'

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

'Hairspray' was a show I was involved in from the very first reading, and I was 19. And, 'Hairspray', was one of my favorite movies growing up.

Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff.

I love musicals. I grew up on musicals.

We got to see Sondheim shows, 'Phantom of the Opera,' 'Cats' and all sorts of stuff. When you're 10 or 11 years old, it's just magnificent. The story-telling, the music - it lifts you out of your seat.

Both London and New York are brilliant for theatre.

While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so.

I love 'Cabaret' and 'George M!' They're both incredible as far as I'm concerned.

When I was old enough to take myself into the city, in the 1970s, I really grew up on all the great Sondheim-Hal Prince shows.

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

Norm Lewis, who plays Jake in 'Side Show,' and I had a song together in 'Tommy,' and I understudied Mrs. Walker.