“Mother loathed the all-black B movies Hollywood made for the "colored" audience, where the stereotypes were broader and more offensive to her, and where the musical interludes did no justice to real talent, she said, but trivialized it.” MadeSaidRealMotherBlackJusticeAudienceTalentHollywoodMusicalOffensiveStereotypeAll BlackReal Talent Book:The Hottest Water in Chicago: Notes of a Native Daughter Source: The Hottest Water in Chicago: Notes of a Native Daughter
“I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.” KnowsKidsRolesKnow HowFansHollywoodMusicalScreensBroadway Author:John Lloyd Young
“I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'” PeopleKnowsHas BeensTwoDoneActorsPathHollywoodMusicalMovieTwo Paths Author:Hugh Jackman
“I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.” SongLostMassHollywoodMusicalProductionsBeltsMass Production Author:Elvis Presley
“'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the 'Lion King' circle of life as we know it in Times Square, the creative loop that swings for the stars and sometimes crashes into the upper deck.” KnowsSometimesStarsCreativeKingsHollywoodMusicalCirclesLionsSquaresSwingsCrashBroadwayDeckRemakesLoopsCircle Of LifeTimes SquareBroadway MusicalHairsprayLion King Author:James Wolcott