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"Even if it's a musical set in space, hopefully, there's something there that's still just as personal."
"There's something so inherently timeless about musicals."
"There's just something about their songs and stories and characters and energies that stick in the collective consciousness more than many individual works of art manage to do."
"Musicals are something that your logic doesn't get, but your emotions do."
"There's a musical number on the way to her death like that was brilliant."
"It's a story of sacrifice which is very common theme in a lot of musicals."
"They feared that having her sing through the whole show would have just made it another Annie."
"Musicals offer a window into what someone is thinking or imagining."
"The essence of the musical is that it presents an alternate version of reality, one where bright colors dominate and bursting into song is accepted."
"I used to dream that I was in a musical, because in a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens."
"Spielberg's other regret is not making Hook a musical as initially envisioned."
"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."
"I'm going to see the show Wicked tonight so I'm super super excited!"
"That footloose number, I was grinning like an idiot from ear to ear."
"These films are the concentrated essence of this style of musical storytelling."
"Yeah, we could put on a show - maybe 'Bye Bye Birdie' or 'My Fair Lady'."
"The musical format allows these mood swings to work in a really, really compressed amount of time."
"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."
"I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love."
"Now having spent a lifetime being flooded with Disney musicals, we can go back and look at the structure of this film with a newfound appreciation."
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but there's a reason Weber wrote the numbers in the show the way that he did."
"Stray Gods: The Role-Playing Musical - an absolute delight, easily one of the biggest surprises of a game I’d ever had."
"What's your favorite musical? I think it's Sound of Music."
"I feel like watching these musicals did me a lot of good in quarantine specifically if only because it helped make room in my head for something other than doom scrolling all day long."
"I could have danced all night, my fair lady."
"We're off to see the wizard, The Wizard of Oz."
"Oompa loompa doompety doo, I've got a perfect puzzle for you, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Mary Poppins, it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
"Number one, America, West Side Story, Puerto Rico, my heart's devotion."
"Heathers is brilliant, I have so much love for both the movie and the musical."
"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."
"Moulin Rouge is an original story that sets it apart from other musicals."
"I don't think anyone's done with musicals what Moulin Rouge has done since it happened."
"You don't have to be a musical theater fan to like it. Waitress is one of my favorite musicals."
"For people that don't think Hamilton is great, they are deluded."
"Only 32% of people think their life would make a good musical."
"It [__] blew it out, that is the power of musicals."
"...an entirely original musical with a lot of the same people from the Ratatouille musical involved."
"Hollywood has been advertising musicals lately. I see that a lot of genre movies are also kind of doing the same thing."
"It's a musical. I loved it because I love musicals."
"Musicals are [ __ ] cool man. I don't care what anybody says."
"The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow Annie, that's your bottom dollar."
"When you see a good musical, you walk out singing many songs."
"...the Maharaja of musicals, the Shah of show tunes, the potentate of the piano."
"But the work of art I want to talk about today... is a musical."
"I guess one thing I learned about myself is I thought going into this that I would like make fun of the musical through this movie but then I saw all the changes in the movie and started defending the musical and realized like oh wait I actually do really like this musical."
"I mean, I saw 'Hamilton' and I have to say, it did not disappoint for me when it came through. I thought it was really good. I think it's important though that you familiarize yourself with the soundtrack before you go because 75,000 words is a lot to listen to."
"The success of Moulin Rouge also saw a huge resurgence in popularity for movie musicals worldwide."
"What I love about drag race musicals is that it's always so Camp people really really ham it up but there's so many Cuts here that cut to Queens just actually emoting and acting."
"Musicals are a lot of fun, if you haven't been in one you need to try out, they're amazing."
"Hamilton was the TurnKey thing that made me just go let me just see what other musicals are there."
"There is no other character that I'd want to watch more of after watching the musicals than Linda Monroe."
"Let me know in the comments your thoughts on musicals. Do you like them? Do you love them? Do you hate them?"
"It is the crown jewel of Hollywood film musicals."
"Musicals are not just their plots."
"Hamilton, the musical, is the first recorded story of political burnout."
"I do love musicals and I would love for the big screen musical to make a comeback."
"I encourage everyone to find at least one musical they really enjoy."
"I think that people oftentimes with musicals have a connection and a bond with musicals because of the memories and sentimental things attached to it."
"Any movie is better as a musical."
"Cabaret is one of the greatest musicals ever written."
"Yeah, I feel like musicals can be like, musicals you really don't need like any liquid."
"One thing that keeps me from having a crappy day is listening to musicals. And of course, right now, I'm on Hamilton."
"Yeah, and this show is a legit musical which I could never get too much of."
"I know you don't do musicals but you know I know you like to go dis going and this is a show about a kid who likes to go dis going and so all you got to do is sing a disco song."
"The movie shouldn't have been musicals whatsoever. I strongly agree. No, like part of the reason why a lot of people didn't really want to take Descendants seriously in the first place was because of it being a musical and it had them goofy-ass songs."
"Disney loved musicals, so Disney Channel basically put their animated series on the side."
"There's evidence that it would be bad, there are good musicals, so calm down."
"The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals is an amazing show with phenomenal music performances, comedy, lighting, damn near basically everything that goes into a show. I fully recommend you watch it."
"As a musical film, I thought it was better than La La Land."
"If I get anything out of it, it's not only to show people my life that I loved so much and the wonderful family, but the fact that the musical, what it did to me personally, is it grew me up."
"Traditional, unironic, un self-aware movie musicals are such a rarity these days."
"Here's the thing: they're all forgetting that we start in a worldwide musical."
"There are fine musicals and then there's showboat."
"It's madness. It's the greatest musical ever made."
"When you hear the songs on this album, you just wonder why wasn't this musical more successful? It's madness. It's the greatest musical ever made."
"I've never done something from Phantom of the Opera like 'Music of the Night'. [ __ ] off, Christine, specifically."
"I love musicals too. I saw Billy Elliot. It's the most I've cried ever at any piece of art in my life. Musicals are incredible."
"The whole thing is just really easy to enjoy. If you have even an inkling that you might like Newsies, I'm here to tell you, you will. This will satisfy Newsies lovers, Newsies purists, and even people who just love a great dance show."
"I don't think anyone has had the impact on the musical that Andrew has had. It's kind of majestic before Lloyd Webber, I don't think anyone had ever dreamt or imagined that shows could run for decades."
"The exciting event is going to occur on this show today when Oklahoma meets the West Side of New York right here on this stage."
"He wowed sold-out crowds night after night in revivals of timeless musicals like 'My Fair Lady' and 'The Sound of Music'."
"This award forever shatters a myth about the musical theater."
"I'm becoming fully obsessed with Witches of Eastwick and I'm doing an entire deep dive on it."
"It's one of the best musicals ever."
"I listen to Broadway show tunes; I listen to Thoroughly Modern Millie, I listened to Dear Evan Hansen, I listened to Hamilton."
"More like a meowsical than a musical."
"I love a show tune. I love a musical. Greatest Showman, one of my favorites."
"Technicolor was in the right place at the right time. As films evolved from the silent era to sound era, musicals were a big genre and perfectly suited to the color."
"The golden era in Hollywood was the 1940s and the 1950s... like the American Musical, there has been no better films made than American musicals with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire."
"Musicals are so wonderful anyway, to have it on television where everybody can see it in their own home."
"I usually go for musicals because then I could sing along."
"I adore Ariana Grande. I've never in my life been interested in Wicked as a musical, but they've got me hook, line, and sinker."
"It revolutionized musicals, creating spectacle and grandeur rarely seen on the stage before."
"It's High School Musical all over again."
"I love her color scheme, the rich fabrics in her dress, all the textures and details, and the fact that she represents my love for a musical that I appreciate deeply due to a mixture of nostalgia and my love of drama and spectacle."
"Musicals are very difficult to do, an original musical there are so many layers to it, but with this one, creating an original musical from scratch was actually for me a dream."
"I'm actually really enjoying it, a definite change in my opinion on these old musical TV shows."
"I prefer when there's a female lead in most musicals."
"Not often do you see new musicals written with such personality."
"The only time there should be a song in a musical is when words are not enough."
"I really want to be able to see like a musical on Broadway in the near future, hopefully fingers crossed."
"I love musicals... you put on Fred and Ginger, I'm happy."
"Musicals... help bridge storytelling. You can cover a large series of events in one musical montage or flesh out a character's motives and introspection through song."
"Shrek the Musical, no lie, it's my fave."
"The only great musical I've seen is Book of Mormon, absolutely hilarious."
"I love a Barbie musical; it just makes things ten times better."
"In a musical theater universe, everyone literally sings their thoughts and feelings."
"If you do love musicals and also love those wacky movies from the 80s, then you should totes check out Little Shop of Horrors."
"It's Chris and I's favorite movie musical, so it was really magical to finally see it live together."
"I low-key am super into musicals; I used to go to Broadway shows like every single year."
"I love musicals, but in order for a musical to be good, it has to have more than one song, and that song has to be good."
"I love the musical Hamilton, I want to do my own version."
"I go absolutely ballistic when it comes to musicals."
"I'm a big fan of musicals and I want to learn everything I can from the ones I love."
"West Side Story is the greatest musical because something coming together so cohesively."
"There's never a better date movie than West Side Story."
"West Side Story was originally called East Side Story."
"I've seen Singing in the Rain and Hamilton, and then yeah, it was a Rodgers and Hammerstein uh takeoff, you know, and they did bits of Sound of Music, they had bits of Oklahoma, they had bits of Brigadoon in there, it was fantastic."
"I have to credit my mother for my love of musicals, my mother was always watching musicals on the TV."
"West Side Story is the number one musical of all time and I'll fight anyone who says different."
"Musicals are particularly musicals, plays also, but musicals particularly are the last collaborator is your audience."
"I would love to do a film musical, I'm a big fan of film musicals."
"By combining captivating musical numbers, heartwarming love stories, charismatic celebrities, dazzling set designs, and excellent comedic timing, many of these films have continued to influence the genre to this day."
"It's amazing, it is fantastic, like the best you'll ever see in any musical ever."
"I tried very hard to like Hamilton, but I just couldn't do it. I don't like it and I'm so, so sorry."
"Movie musicals are great and I hate when theater kids hate on them."
"They're going to be new info about Silent Voice musical; looking forward to it. Shout out to musicals, I love musicals."
"I just love musicals, they're the best."
"Greece is the best movie musical ever made, I said it."
"Her performances in musicals established her as a vibrant and versatile entertainer."
"Empty chairs at empty tables, where my friends will sing no more."
"I love Stephen Sondheim musicals."
"I hate musicals, and Wicked is great."
"Why not start swearing in your musicals?"
"It's very expensive to produce a musical."
"Sometimes I cry, you know what I cry out a lot are musicals. I love musicals."
"Whenever musicals start, every musical I've ever seen when I start opening number, balling."
"I'm imagining a human-cat hybrid, and I've got a cast member from Cats, and I think I'm finally understanding why people love that musical."
"These musicals would not only be shown here in South Africa but they would be shown on Broadway, they would be shown in London."
"It's supposed to be a little over the top sometimes, but it's a musical, you know?"
"I remember watching The Sound of Music when I was really little, and I was mesmerized."
"Broadway is a place where hundreds of musicals are performed every year and seen by millions."
"I've wanted to play Sandy in Grease since John Travolta was thin and not a Scientologist."
"Musicals just have this legacy about them; they don't go out of style."
"The Sun Will Come Out, did you see? So Annie aged pretty well."
"When in a musical, everything can be solved with a song."
"Musicals are my guilty pleasure, even if the movie is terrible."
"It's one of the best Broadway musicals of all time."
"There's nothing like birthing a new musical."
"To get someone into musicals is a little bit tricky because you have to understand just what they like as a concept."
"I love musicals. I wish I was brave enough to do theater."
"I love the Muppet Treasure Island and the Muppet Christmas Carol and all the musical numbers from both of those."
"I've always been a fan of Grizabella the glamor cat from the musical Cats."
"Musicals... give you this kind of freedom as a filmmaker to really let emotion be the guiding principle."
"Life can feel like a musical, and we use music to comment on our own emotions in life."
"When musicals work... if you get too emotional to express your feelings in dialogue, express it in song."
"Musicals are designed for you to sing your ass off and cry."
"I love musicals, and this one is really, really good."
"I feel like a musical is the most perfect expression of what we are trying to accomplish."
"Probably my all-time favorite movie is 'The Sound of Music'; I love musicals."