Tag: Sweeney Todd

Sixteen albums to explore the first weekend in March

"I mean, of all the places to do this show, Los Angeles is probably the right place. Just because of it being about a movie director in a movie studio."

What is earned and what is deserved? What is the definition of talent today?

"What's very powerful about this piece is when you hear these words spoken by people that look like you, who were never, everwhat's very powerful about this piece is when you hear these words spoken by people that look like you, who were never, ever represented in the room represented in the room."

"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."

"I was intrigued and dazzled and humbled and intimidated until I was 51. That was the first time I ever performed as an openly gay man onstage through the courage that his lyrics gave me."

"Yes, you can be an actor and you don't have to play a guy that works at a Chinese laundry. You can be a prince, you can be a cowboy, you can be a rich boy from Upper Class England."

"I imagined, perhaps fantasized, that we would have one more conversation in person. Another glass of wine to be shared. Another letter in the mail."

19 clips from the Tony Awards from 1969-2016

"You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation."