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Broadway Shows Quotes
Memories of childhood, theater, and stage magic
These quotes trace how early trips to Broadway shows shaped lasting interests in performance and storytelling. The theme fits with our beauty quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because even at the age of fifteen, I used to go see all the Broadway shows and feel that they were sentimental, that they were pandering to the audience and trying to manipulate the audience. I had no use for practically any of the shows that were hits.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my first two Broadway shows when I was 4 years old, 'The Lion King' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' and after both of them I came home and reenacted the entirety of the shows on my living room table for my family and friends. I started doing that after every show I saw until I actually did my first youth production when I was 5.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My interest in acting came from seeing Broadway shows on summer trips to New York as a child. It was the original production of 'A Chorus Line' in an easy tie with the first 10 -15 minutes of Dustin Hoffman in 'Tootsie' that hooked me on the romantic idea that the impossible, difficult life of a struggling actor was for me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people I idolized I saw once a year on the Tony Awards. I would buy the cassette tapes of the various Broadway shows and scour the photos inside the recording package. That's how I exposed myself to the arts - New York and professional theater felt like a very distant thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020