"I knew that my future was probably in the theater and I had to pack up and go back to Broadway. That was a great decision I made, thank God."
"That's really why he is the, quote unquote bad guy, simply because he's the outsider in this community."
"My hope as we continue to foster the artwork in terms of the organization that Ballet Hispánico is poised to be a voice. At one time we were fighting to be at the table. Now we have to create the table and invite everyone to come in."
"There's all sorts of things that I thought I would be that I'm not. And I have made my peace with all that. But I still want to have dinner with Mel Brooks and be in Tyler Perry movies."
"I've always felt like you can understand the moment you're having in your life better when you're in conversation with people who are all at different moments in their lives."
"Something that Martyna does that is so that is so gorgeous and effortless is she lifts the stories of these three characters to the highest of value that you can in a play. She centers the story around the lived experiences of these three people whose lived experiences are very different than many of our audience members may be."
"Are we in great relationship with the land that we occupy? Are we in the right relationship right now with everyone who has gathered? Maybe, maybe not."
"It's not a jazz record. It's not a theater record. It's our record and it's very emblematic of the music that we enjoy listening to and the music that we enjoy creating together."
"I feel very lucky that I've been able to, in a way, fail at certain parts of the theatrical tradition in order to learn things. We're all trying to create something together and having the opportunity to simply exist is how you learn and how you grow."
"When you and I have to exist in the art, entertainment, artistic world, I know I need to choose gratitude when the pendulum swings at the end of the day - even in these hard situations."