Stage Show Quotes

I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show.

One of the things I love about music is live performance.

We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock!

I'll be like Irving Berlin: "There's no business like show business."

I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.

I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.

'American Psycho' reminds me of my track in 'Tommy,' my first Broadway show. It's similar conceptually and has that rock n' roll streak.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.

There's nothing more Broadway than 'Hedwig.' It's very family-friendly. There's innuendo and stuff, but not more than you'd see on TV.

I feel lucky to receive such critical attention and praise when you're in a show that's going to last a month, it's just easier when audiences are more receptive. I've done two new shows this year, so I'm always excited to work on something a little older, traditional and structured.

Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.

There are lots of reasons people come to Beyonce shows. There's the music, her dancing; all in all a bedazzling show. She's a great performer and singer.

'Macbeth' is a show I'm going to do again someday.

It's been really cool to go to places I've never been to around the country and performing for people and bringing a fun show to entertain folks.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.

I've always been a cabaret-vaudeville artist - an hourlong cabaret and a floor show in a hotel - somebody like that. That's my main forte.

I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.

I like musicals.

When the show opens, fans can text to a number we flash up on the screen, and then we do a meet-and-greet with 60 to 80 people every night. It's something I love doing, and I would say that's probably more fans than most artists bring backstage after a show.

On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.

'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss.

I'd love to do a musical one day - a theatre musical.

I think 'Hair' is the kind of show that benefits from the live experience - it needs to be seen and heard.