“When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.” WorldTryingFirstsWarBigsNextEventsMaterialsEnglandHistoricalMusicalStrikesWar Of The WorldsDocumentariesFirst World WarHistorical Events Author:Trevor Nunn
“I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress.” ThinkingTryingFirstsMadeWantedVoiceForeverTerribleSingingMusicalActressesAnnieAlways And Forever Author:Sarah Paulson
“"Evita" obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.” FirstsSpecialStageMajorsMusicalSpecial To MeEvita Author:Elaine Paige
“When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer.” YearsFirstsChoicesDoorsNew YorkConsciousTheaterMusicalPerformersPigeonsMusical Theater Author:Tamara Tunie
“First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans and her belt - that's how small I was. I know a lot of Willard's back story from the musical that's not explored in the film. Like he's got this whole relationship with his mama, and he sings this song "Mama Says".” ThinkingKnowsFirstsPlayWholeStoriesFilmSongTeacherDramaMusicalJeansBeltsMamaFootloose Author:Miles Teller
“Pop managers are fixed in the dramatic stock character repertoire too, ever since the first British pop film musical, Wolf Mankowitz's 'Expresso Bongo' of 1959, with Cliff Richard as Bongo Herbert and Laurence Harvey as his manager. The key components were cast as X parts gay, X parts Jewish and triple X opportunistic.” FirstsCharacterFilmKeysGayMusicalCastsPopsBritishManagersFixedDramaticComponentsCliffsHarveyBongos Author:Peter York
“When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.” FirstsPlayCharacterDesireActingComedyTheaterMusicalTragicOperaMusical Theater Author:Leslie Easterbrook