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Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.
Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
Broadway is the same as Hollywood. Every few years we say we reached the mountaintop, then we take two steps back.
Every time somebody would ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I would always say, 'I want to be on Broadway!'
I got to see Linda's [Hart] live when it first came on Broadway. I just loved her. I've always been a fan of hers.
I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.
I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!
I was in 27 Broadway plays in a row as a kid, and in between, I learned how to play the horses from the stagehands.
When I was on Broadway, my most recent Broadway show was 'Spring Awakening,' and every night I did a topless scene.
I always admired Hugh Jackman as an actor in movies but also in theatre because I'm a big fan of Broadway musicals.
I'm a broadway girl, so anytime someone would sing my entrance music, that was probably my absolute favorite thing.
In Glendale, where I live, there's a street called Broadway. The bottoms of the light posts have swastikas on them.
Trey Parker did 'Book of Mormon.' It's the best Broadway show I've ever seen. He does 'South Park.' It's wonderful.
But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.
It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.
My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental.
If my 12-year-old self knew that there was going to be a Broadway adaptation of 'Newsies,' I would have freaked out.
The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it.
The majority of great work that's being done in the theater is happening Off Broadway, where you can't make a living.
I grew up loving Broadway musicals. I'd put on my parents' cast albums and stand on the stool and sing in the mirror.
I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
'Turn Me Loose' was Off-Broadway, and now we are making a concerted effort to figure out how to get it to on Broadway.
Nothing's hipper than leaving the set of 'Girls' in Brooklyn and having a teamster drop you off at your Broadway show.
I'm a Broadway baby, through and through. It's my first love, and it's what brought me to New York in the first place.
I'd love to go back to Broadway if there was a place for me there. I would absolutely go back; it's just a part of me.
I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.
You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
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.
On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.
I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay.
People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.
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.
As soon as I saw 'Chinglish' on Broadway, I began to envision this smart and insightful cross-cultural comedy as a film.
Sometimes on Broadway, you don't know who the investors are, and you end up making a million dollars for somebody awful.
What I want is credibility I got as a songwriter and actor and doing 'Blood Brothers' on Broadway with my brother Shaun.
Usually, on Broadway or in Hollywood, you come up with a project, and you have to convince the producers that it's safe.
One of the things I find very little of in America - and certainly not on Broadway - are plays with political attitudes.
Ive been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show Billy Elliot there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
I just hope to keep doing film and TV and eventually Broadway. It's definitely what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I think 'Hand to God' is going to change the landscape of Broadway. I think Broadway, truthfully, will never be the same.
The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.
It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway.
The stuff that is done on Broadway is hardly theatre. It is part magic show, part rock concert, and part conjuring things.
You can't make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.
A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.
Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all.
I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.
I'd love to do Broadway. It's funny. I love it, but I've never actually seen an actual Broadway show, not even 'Hairspray.'