Les Baxter Quotes

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

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.

It's true that my mom loved it when I played Joanie Cunningham in the musical 'Happy Days,' but I think she finally realized I am never going to do 'Oklahoma!'

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

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.'

I absolutely loved my stint on Broadway in 'Hairspray.'

It's the coolest job to be on Broadway.

'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.

The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.

'Grease' was my Broadway debut. That was eye-opening. At the same time, it was very familiar. It was a Broadway show, but it's kind of the same as doing a show in Minnesota. It's the same type of rehearsal process. You are doing 8 shows a week, but I worked at a theatre in Minnesota that did 11 shows a week.

My passion was to be on Broadway and to be part of this community because I saw what it was like from the outside as the young kid in and around New York, and I would see things like the 'Easter Bonnet' or 'Broadway Bares,' things I would sneak into.

For your first musical in New York, to go to Broadway and be nominated for a Tony is a dream come true.

Here in America, every single actor, since they were little boys, they sing and dance and perform like angels. We don't do that. We are actors who work in a theater in very classic performances or plays.

Don't know about a cabaret act right now, would actually prefer a role in a broadway musical.

I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.

There's been talk of YES possibly doing something on Broadway in New York. People have approached me with that idea, and there are discussions about that.

Broadway musicals, where you sing the whole time, I really don't like; I like alternating dialogue and music.

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.

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.

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs.

It must have been an extraordinary time. I guess the worrying thing about musical theatre to me, is if you look at the London season this year, mine is actually the only one to have come in.

My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.

I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.