Nikki Blonsky Quotes

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the audience is a little bit different; but then, it's expensive to work in N.Y., and stage work is limited, so you're just doing it for the art.

My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New York. I came with a group of theatre kids, and we saw four shows. The very first one was 'Contact.'

I've always loved going to see Broadway shows. I've seen 'em all: Rent, Chorus Line, Cats, West Side Story, Guys & Dolls, Wicked, you name it!

It was in England that I discovered theatre. I didn't have any money, but I would just eat yoghurt in order to get some money for tickets.

When I was 12, I did this show on Broadway called 'High Society,' so we moved to New York for the run of that.

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.

Theatre is one of those things that children will love if they're helped to get there to see it. No child will find his or her own way to the theatre.

I don't enjoy the theatre. I don't go. Don't like going in the back door or the front.

I came to theatre as a teenager by going to the National Theatre when it was at the Old Vic and sitting on padded seats in the gallery for 15 pence, which was the price of a bus fare.

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

Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is.

I saw 'Hairspray' in New York and had one of the best nights I've ever had in the theatre.

We didn't go to Broadway musicals when I was growing up; it was too expensive.

I love going to Broadway shows.

People don't really know, but I went to Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.

Both my parents have done considerable work in theatre and I have grown up with that culture, but I still felt that I needed formal training.

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.

To come to the theatre, people have to make arrangements, change their clothes, find a babysitter, find a parking space - and they don't come after hard work to hear a lecture.

I'm a populist. I'm the people's designer... It's important that there are price points that allow people in who maybe don't have the ability to have higher-ticket items - but they can still have something very emblematic of the collection.

First time we played in New York was in 2013. It was all very eye-opening. A very bright lights, big-city sort of vibe, and we played the Mercury Lounge.

Being on stage at the Soho Theatre is hard to beat.

Please note when you watch a play, you can't pause it and go to the loo or shout into the kitchen for a tea. Learned that the hard way.

I did a lot of TV work for more than 30 years in New York and L.A., but I would get on the stage whenever I could.

Living in New York and doing a Broadway show is a dream come true. I've been training for this ever since I was five years old. Actually doing it and living my dream is incredible.