Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Mackie

Broadway has been truly hurting since September 11, and this was my way of doing something.

Carolyn Maloney

What better way to send your regards to Broadway and to New York than by coming to New York and getting a tax deduction for it and supporting our city, helping us get back on our feet,

We talked about a lot of different choices. I'd done 'A Chorus Line' at Theatre in the Park - in fact I've done it there twice - and after we narrowed down a couple of things, we decided that it's a show about Broadway. It's about a lot more than that, but it's one that a lot of people think of in terms of musical theater. We heard it was coming back to Broadway next October, so we thought we'd get a little extra push from that.

Roger Bart

There's something about that relationship between actor and audience. Whether you get it on Broadway or in a fine local playhouse, there's no greater drug. Every time I get to do TV, film and a play in the same year, it's my dream come true.

Julie Taymor

There's never been a woman that won it, so we don't know, there may never be. But there have not been that many women on Broadway directing, period.

Deborra-Lee Furness

There's nothing more romantic after not seeing your husband for four months than to have our first night back together, on a Broadway stage, with 12 million people watching.

Constantine Maroulis

I've been doing it for about 15 years, walking that fine line from Broadway to rock 'n' roll. I look forward to doing that even more.

The new style looks great. You're on Broadway, and it fits a Broadway premiere.

Oprah Winfrey

I hope... to open the door to the possibilities for a world of people who have never been or even thought of going to a Broadway show.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End.

Jessica Lowndes

I wanna do Broadway one day in New York. That would be an ultimate dream of mine.

I've gone from a kid who was sneaking out of my childhood house and lying to my parents to do shows in a community theatre in Reading, PA, to now having two shows on Broadway opening within two months of each other. That's sort of crazy, that trajectory.

Jordin Sparks

In school, when we lived in New Jersey, we went to Broadway a lot, so I saw a lot of Broadway plays, and I just loved being able to see people play a different character and, you know, be able to be themselves at the end of the night. So, I've always wanted to do it.

Steven Page

In a certain way, better than world-class. I've seen a zillion west-end and Broadway musicals and been very disappointed with the production values. They're very, very high here.

Rebel Wilson

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.

Mitch Leigh

If I do what I really want to do, I'm not going to do a typical commercial Broadway show, so I'm going to write what I want to write.

Jack Kerouac

I'd rather be thin than famous but I'm fat paste that in your broadway show

Elaine Paige

I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!

Julie Andrews

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.

Gordon and I are prepared to do this. Broadway is the plan.

Laura Osnes

'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.

Terry Hands

Our contention has always been that Shakespeare is our greatest living author. If he can survive a season on Broadway, he must be.

Chad Kimball

I had a great time in college, and I did some really fantastic stuff. After that, I did Sweeny Todd and I played Tobias. Love that role! We also did the first off Broadway or outside of New York premiere of Side Show (after it had closed on Broadway) and I played Buddy.

I realized I had this incredibly rich legacy of Broadway and Hollywood memorabilia and I had to do something with it. My mother was not a household name but everybody she knew and worked with was one.

Laura Osnes

Cinderella is making her Broadway debut. It's an honor to step into that position and, in that way, I am creating a role because it's never been done on Broadway. I feel so honored.

Debbie Gibson

And I always had people telling me, 'You can't do this. You're from Long Island, how do you expect to be on Broadway? You can't go into the city and be on Broadway.' What do you mean? It's an hour away! Of course I can be on Broadway someday.'

Dan Jenkins

The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was off that night, and his replacement was the cab driver who dropped you off at the theater.

Oprah Winfrey

The Color Purple' has long been a part of my life, from the first time I read it over 20 years ago until now, I've always wanted as many people as possible to experience this story, ... To present this Broadway production is a dream come true and a full circle moment for me.

You could be forgiven for walking down Broadway and thinking you're in the West End.

Rosie O'Donnell

It's 'Hairspray' meets 'Rent,' ... There's nothing discussed or seen on stage that you haven't seen on Broadway before. So don't let the word 'Taboo' scare you. This is not 'Oh, Calcutta!'

Ray Conniff

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.

Laura Benanti

Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.

Toni Trucks

I thought that I'd always just do Broadway, my original plan, but that was derailed.