"You don't understand. That's Wicked. You must be in love with it."
"Rehab the Musical deals with the subject of ADD and mental health with warmth, humor, and heart."
"The ethics of whether bootlegs are a help or hindrance to the musical theatre community in general has been fiercely debated."
"Bluth had finally at last put together an effective, fully formed musical."
"Don Bluth's musicals are key pieces of musical theater history."
"Jesus Christ Superstar it's just so compelling just the music is so great it just feels as dramatic and impactful as it should it's just so good in every way."
"My dad wrote a musical version, the music and lyrics for the Scarlet Pimpernel."
"Relentlessness is what makes for a great musical theater character."
"You could write five more shows about Hamilton from different perspectives."
"For this list, we'll be looking at all of those musical theater classics that make our jaws drop when someone sings them right."
"The titular song in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera comes when Christine first follows the Phantom down into his lair, and the end of the song is absolutely killer."
"Musical theater is like, you know, this is my time to shine, this is my song, I'm doing the number right now, you know what I mean?"
"Hadestown is the most brilliant musical ever."
"Rebecca leaned even more into its goal of becoming the next Phantom of the Opera."
"Carter won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as a Special Class Emmy for a 1982 broadcast of the show."
"I want to be able to compose, I want to be able to create Broadway shows."
"Phantom of the Opera is by most meaningful metrics the most successful musical of all time."
"There's actually a wonderful musical from 1965 called 'Do I Hear a Waltz?'"
"Two heartfelt evocative pieces of musical theater that demonstrate why the Beatles are the most impactful group of any era."
"Are you kidding? Musical theater gay boy here, you think I don't listen to My Chemical Romance? Good lord."
"Starlight was the end result of three abandoned or failed projects Lloyd Weber had been involved with going all the way back to 1973."
"Starlight was still able to open to positive commercial success out grossing lamé is by $100,000."
"Honey, everything’s coming up roses and daffodils!" - Excerpt from "Gypsy"
"Phantom chandelier is just one in a long line of incredible set pieces in musical theater history."
"Legally Blonde stands out to me to this day as just one of the best, most fun musical productions I have ever been lucky enough to see in person."
"The musical knows this because after what seems like the finale number the lights go down and then come back up so the cast can perform I'm a believer."
"Phantom of the Opera is the most financially successful musical in history... And it is also the longest-running musical in Broadway history."
"Is there a really great version of the Phantom of the Opera? No. But there are compelling versions."
"That is what Hamilton is like for me, like it just gave me energy and hope and nourishment."
"What's your favorite musical? I think it's Sound of Music."
"Lin-Manuel Miranda is a major new voice in musical theater."
"Both Kale and Miranda are steeped in the history of musical theater."
"I would suggest he could very well be the future of American musical theater."
"Through its popularity, Hamilton created a resurgent interest in the musical format and American history."
"In 'In the Heights,' everybody's got a job, everybody's got a dream."
"People love a good musical, but it's also a milestone to see actors of color represented in this type of lavish wedding cake musical."
"Life isn't a musical, hun. It is in this show." - Vaggie
"You don't have to be a musical theater fan to like it. Waitress is one of my favorite musicals."
"The Phantom: The vocals required from the titular Phantom are incredibly difficult but so rewarding if done right."
"Jean Valjean: The lead role in this intense story of war love life and loss must have an equally intense vocal and acting power."
"In this moment, the Phantom realizes how selfishly and how abusively he's loved Christine all of the years living in the darkness."
"Musical theater has been with me since I was very, very young."
"The musical theater ballad sees Ariel singing about how she's unsatisfied with her life in the sea and wants something more."
"Hamilton is incredible, it totally lived up to the hype."
"I love musicals, but I haven't seen all of them."
"This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told."
"Combining hip-hop and Latin music, In the Heights played to outstanding acclaim."
"I mean, especially I'd also suggest, I say, 'What did I miss?' as the second act opener." - Eric
"Musicals seem to be trying to do this a lot."
"We won during a musical theater piece and let me tell you, Peyton was a star."
"The great thing about musical theater is that it's a mud; it uses the music of its day to tell stories."
"Larson has left a lasting legacy that has inspired and continues to inspire musical theater writers who have come after him."
"Larson was the Velvet Underground of musical theater, paving the way for future composers, book writers, and lyricists to go beyond what came before."
"The Best Musical theater advice I ever got was just acting on pitch."
"It's interesting how an original audacious musical filled with specific ideas has changed over 50 years to become a franchise."
"Sondheim is the Shakespeare of musical theater."
"I wanted to write a musical, had no idea of how you did it or how musicals were constructed, but the idea of writing something that was rock-based for Broadway really intrigued me. I thought that would be a wonderful thing to do."
"I thought today we could do something fun and talk about some of the best reprises in musical theater."
"Musical theater means so much to you and you can't imagine your life without it."
"Anaïs Mitchell's captivating folk Opera inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is a reminder of what musical theater can achieve when it sets its sights beyond the lowest common denominator."
"As we approach the modern day, we of course have to include Hamilton, a hugely influential recent Musical."
"The story of how Evil Dead defied the odds to go from a small budget bar show to a multi-million dollar bloodbath is one of the craziest Journeys in musical theater history."
"I'm always happy to share another talent that my fans may not know that exists and I went to Howard for musical theater."
"It's a great show because there's so much variety. You're never too deep in one world before you have to move on to the next world. A really lovely thing for a big musical."
"Their shows revolutionized the musical theater, where a strong story and fully developed characters became an essential part of a successful musical."
"Singing in musical theater is speaking. You just put notes to it."
"It's such such an iconic number and it will go down as one of the best musical theater moments of all time."
"It was not running for a hugely long time at Charing Cross theater, but while it was there, I was imploring everyone to go and see this show because I do think it's one of the best new British musicals that has maybe been seen in the last three years."
"Now, if you didn't catch this while it was in Chichester, you will be pleased to hear that you will have another chance because this year, Crazy for You is going to be transferring to the Gillian Lynne Theater."
"It's everything I love about classic musical theater. The show itself is not that old because it's a collection of Gershwin songs with a plot that was subsequently written around them, but it has that Golden Age Broadway feeling."
"Musical theater nerd. I will listen, I probably have at least five entire shows memorized."
"He wowed sold-out crowds night after night in revivals of timeless musicals like 'My Fair Lady' and 'The Sound of Music'."
"Seeing all these people just singing so happy and joyful, it just is like, oh right, this is what musical theater is supposed to do."
"This is more than just a musical; it is a part of people's identities."
"Yes, the musical and the show itself is great, but the fans take it one step further."
"Beetlejuice the musical is about how we combat the feeling of grief and feeling like we're invisible."
"Beetlejuice means a lot to me... it helped me figure out a little bit what I want to do for the future."
"It just reaches a whole new area of the unspokens; it gives the Invisibles a voice."
"This show came out in a crucial period in my life and transformed it for the better. That is what Beetlejuice the musical is all about."
"This award forever shatters a myth about the musical theater."
"Such a treat to get all three of them together like a Neapolitan ice cream of musical theater excellence."
This is "Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the Musical"... and what you're seeing right now is the result of thousands of hours of work, some very clever creativity, and maybe even a little magic.
"The Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street, oh please let it be for me!"
"There was love all around, but I never heard it singing. No, I never heard it at all, till there was you."
"That's one of the best Broadway songs. I love that song."
"Thank you, there's going to be a bright new shiny star in the musical theater this year on Broadway."
"This is very possibly the best new musical I have seen in recent years."
"I don't think anyone has written about the experience of creating art for the musical theater form more powerfully, more succinctly, more accurately than Stephen Sondheim did."
"Stephen Sondheim is a big part of why I am in love with musical theater."
"If you haven't seen Phantom of the Opera, it's just what you have to see."
"To really understand Cats, the first thing to discuss is the very first thing the show opens with: these are not supposed to be regular run-of-the-mill cats, oh no no no, they are Jellicle cats."
"Greece has become this great platform for young musical theater talent performing in the West End."
"It's what a true musical should have: an arc of where a character starts in one place and ends up in another that she didn't know she wanted to end up in."
"In a musical theater universe, everyone literally sings their thoughts and feelings."
"Loving musical theater doesn't make you gay, it just makes you awful."
"A hit musical about the founding fathers of America but not the one you're thinking of, the older one."
"Hamilton is an easy way into the world of musical theater."
"I choreographed a piece of Annie and I brought my friends in and they did the dance for me."
"I love 'Book of Mormon'... fantastic, lovely show."
"By combining Broadway musical theater with the animated feature film, he started a revolution that is still going on today."
"The single greatest musical theater achievement of our lifetime."
"Old friends remembers Sondheim at his very best and champions his most glorious work."
"This is the last ever Musical that will feature a new score by the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning musical theater composer."
"I was really very proud of the work that we did... it was breaking ground in the musical theater."
"If you've not experienced some form of musical theater, I implore you, try just go to some."
"It's also really great how it's themed to musical theater because that's perfect for Kavi's storyline and collection."
"I think she shines in repertoire that's musical theater-based."
"I'm a music theater lover, and I haven't had as much enjoyment in a movie watching musical numbers like that."
"It's a powerful and cinematic musical about human ethics that really reaches into your soul."
"I'm a big fan of musical theater to this day, and I believe that this show was a big part of the reason for that."
"Defying Gravity is like the obvious number one go-to."