“I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers and musical theatre performers and tap dancers and orchestras and dog acts. You had to leave your home, be in the presence of other people, know how to behave, and enjoy the human being whose beating heart was in front of you.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHumansHeartHomeUsedEnjoyHuman BeingsWatchesKnow HowDogFrontsMusicalTheatreLocalsBehaveDancerPerformersBalletOrchestraBallet DancerMusical TheatreTap Dancers Author:Laura Benanti
“There's an infantilization that happens to actresses in general - musical theatre, straight theatre, television, film - we're spoken to like children. Actors are spoken to like children a lot of the time.” ChildrenHappensFilmActorsTelevisionMusicalActressesTheatreChild ActorsMusical Theatre Author:Laura Benanti
“I think there's that weird bastardization where musical theatre actors are treated as almost like vaudevillians or circus performers - that we're somehow not good actors because we sing and dance.” ThinkingActorsMusicalTheatreTreatedPerformersCircusGood ActorsMusical TheatreTheatre Actors Author:Laura Benanti
“I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.” PeopleThinkingWayMusicalActressesTheatreTreatedMentalityOld FashionedMusical Theatre Author:Laura Benanti
“Musical theatre is my first love.” FirstsMusicalTheatreFirst LoveMusical Theatre Author:Laura Benanti
