Theater Recognition Quotes

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

When I won the Tony, I blacked out. I don't remember anything. I had bullet points jotted down, but I forgot to read half of them. My hands were shaking. It was an insane honor to be recognized in that way.

The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced 'Billy Elliot' is very, very exciting.

I love Chicago, but in a lot of ways it's a disappointment. You can work there for years and years, and because you're in Chicago, you don't get the recognition. It has some of the best theater in the country, but when they shoot a movie there, they bring in all their actors.

I'm just a Chicago actor who's a playwright. Even with the success of 'August,' the people in town who come to our theater know me by sight, because they've seen me onstage so much.

To be honest, I didn't even know what the Drama Desk Awards were until I was nominated.

What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show, so our job is halfway done.

All this thing that L.A. doesn't have any love for the theater isn't true.

I understood very little about the significance of the Tony before, but I've learned that it makes a huge significance to whether or not your show is going to run.