“If things come up, we can say, "We're not ready for this, let's move some things around."” Quote by Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“We don't have a studio, we don't have a radio station, we don't have anybody breathing down our necks to make a budget. We don't have any benchmarks that we have to hit. Our benchmarks are ones that we have set.” RadioStudiosBreathingBudgetsNecksStationsRadio Stations Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“I think that a solid team, solid communication, is the number one thing in life at all times.” ThinkingNumbersOne ThingTeamCommunicationAll TimeThings In Life Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“We also have a team that works really well together, that knows whose turn it is to pick up what someone else can't continue-the five of us work really well together and if someone says, "My plate is too full, I can't handle this," then someone else will always grab onto it.” IfsKnowsWellsI CanTogetherTurnsFiveTeamPicksHandlePlates Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that.” Prioritize Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist today, and hopefully, as the generation of performers that is training and listening to our show at the same time comes up, and becomes a working generation of performers listening to our show-hopefully that's going to change some of the ways they're looking at the hierarchy of theatre and start to blur those lines a bit more.” WayTryingMeanShowsTodayArtistBitsLinesGenerationsListeningConversationTrainingCome UpTheatreHopefullyPerformersHierarchyBlur Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“And as ensemblists start being asked to do more things that require an insane skill set, that inherent value will, I hope, be held up where it deserves to be.” ValuesSkillsDeserveInsaneInherent Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“It [The Esemblist] is also about the generation of audience members that are watching shows and listening to us at the same time; hopefully, in time, when they listen to our show and then go see a show, they'll realize even more what it takes to make a show, and they'll know even more about everybody on stage, rather than just people above the title of the show.” PeopleKnowsShowsRealizingAudienceGenerationsStageListeningMembersHopefullyTitles Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“We're just trying to restore equilibrium to the Universe, that's all.” TryingUniverseEquilibrium Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“We haven't truly had a zeitgeisty, 'songs on the radio' show, since...I want to say "One Night in Bangkok" was the last musical theatre song that charted. That was so long ago.” WantLongShowsLastsNightSongHavensMusicalRadioTheatreLong AgoOne NightMusical TheatreBangkok Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“Showtunes might be able to come back into pop music, which is something we haven't seen since the 50s and 60s. Everything is related to everything else because we're in such a niche industry.” MightAbleHavensIndustryPopsRelatedNichePop Music Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone