Josh Young Quotes

I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure.

It's really strange, this thing where people are like, 'I'm not into musicals' but so many people who have said that to me, I've taken to shows and watched their faces radiate.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.

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

I had seen 'Pillowman' in London and loved it. Being part of something that I, as an audience member, would like to be part of was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had.

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.

'Dancin' was exceptionally significant. I was in an original Broadway show and nominated for a Tony.

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

The reality is that people need to be coaxed toward a musical. They need to understand why it's a musical.

When you're on Broadway, what's kind of the whole point is that you find something new in the show each night.

'Tommy' was my first Broadway show. Long Pause. I don't know how you can surpass the excitement or get more excited or feel more on top of the world than when you are sitting in a room singing The Who, and Pete Townshend is sitting there tapping his foot.

When you're a comic doing a special, it's like you're directing your first movie.

Neil and I are most thrilled that we were able to bring musical theatre to the enormous audience that 'The Sound of Music' reached.

I love Broadway. I love live performing. It's really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect how your show goes.

Outside football, I like to go to musicals or the theatre. My favourite one is the 'Jersey Boys.'

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.

I now do my own cabaret act, singing and telling stories about my life.

When I directed the 'Ring' cycle at the Metropolitan Opera in New York recently, there were people texting all through the show. But theatre isn't a communication device: it's a communion.

I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!

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