Marsha Norman Quotes

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

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

My first role was on Broadway from 1963-64 in Chips With Everything.' It was very well reviewed but not very well attended.

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

I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.

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

I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

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

I'm very proud of my New York debut. I played Oscar Wilde in 'Gross Indecency' off Broadway in about 1997. And I was very proud of my Broadway debut in 'The Iceman Cometh.'

My middle daughter is with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was on Broadway several years ago.

It's the coolest job to be on Broadway.

Even with the success of 'Once,' I can't think about making theater straight for Broadway. Too nerve-racking.

My favorite experience, in general, probably was the 'Little Shop' experience, which probably was terrifying, frustrating, and exhilarating and amazing, but because it was the first, that was the one where I watched the show just launch itself for the first time and thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going to have a career.'

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.

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

When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning.

Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months.

I have been involved with the Roundabout for over a decade. Every once in a while, they'd give me a call to participate in a reading or offer me a show.

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.

I got my Equity card from an audition out of Backstage. We did 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Kismet.'

I have very important phone messages that will be playing Broadway. An evening of my tweets I think is going to be booked into the Golden Theatre.