Marvin Hamlisch Quotes

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!

I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.'

I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'

The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.'

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

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

'Miss Saigon' was my first professional show. It was one of the first regional productions of 'Miss Saigon.'

I did 'How to Succeed in Business..., ' 'Kiss Me Kate,' 'Godspell,' and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in high school, all of which were fun.

Most theatrical events range in the inaudible. When I went to see 'Mamma Mia,' I thought they were playing it through a megaphone.

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

I'd done stage musicals for quite a few years, starting with 'Grease' in Auckland.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.

I'd love to go back to Broadway if there was a place for me there. I would absolutely go back; it's just a part of me.

I did a musical that I don't think anybody ever saw, called 'One Shining Moment,' and in that cast was Megan Mullally and Kevin Anderson.

I've seen a lot of 'Show Boats,' but I've never seen the one that thoroughly satisfies me.

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music.

Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical - I like the music. I saw 'Mamma Mia;' I saw 'Les Miserables;' I saw 'Phantom of the Opera' like six, seven times.

Live theater is just an incredibly powerful medium, and I think anyone who goes, whether they know about it or not, if they see something that sort of fits with them, it's kind of hard to deny that they had a good time.

I'm looking for one of two things and sometimes they dovetail: I'm looking to go into a theatre and see a certain kind of show. And if it's not there, I'd like to do it myself so it would be there.

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

I never thought of myself as a Broadway actress. I'm not really a singer or a dancer.

You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

My daughter's favorite musical is 'Wicked,' which she has seen hundreds of times - she even worked as an usher at the Pantages so she could see it over and over. Her dream is to play Elphaba.

My mom took me to see 'Annie' on Broadway when I was little, and I just wanted to be doing what those girls were doing.