“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
“My education began in theater school, and it continues to this day. I just continued learning to be a better performer.” SchoolTheaterThis DayPerformers Author:Nick Offerman
“When the theater is gothic it matches the sensibility of the show. It's also very intimate. The audience is very close to the performers. The show is scary and the scary stuff always works best with an intimacy with the audience. And the show is erotic, and I think erotic always works best when it's close to the audience, as well.” ThinkingWellsShowsStuffAudienceTheaterScaryIntimacyIntimatePerformersSensibilityEroticGothicScary Stuff Author:Frank Wildhorn
“Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do. I think one of the best things was being able to imagine anything that I wanted, anything that I came up with we could do, because this theater is unbelievable.” ThinkingAbleWantedImagineTheaterBest ThingsPerformersUnbelievable Author:Cher
“I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a more theatrical performer sometimes with having theater and other non-club venues, as well as the audience being filled with other artists. It's nice to be with other comics, as usually at other road gigs, I'm solo for the most part.” WellsSometimesSeemsArtistAttitudeAudienceNiceBenefitsTheaterFilledClubsPerformersSoloSupportiveFestivalsGigsTheatricalVenues Author:Maria Bamford
“In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids in classes and the teachers would make it a point that I was the entertainer of the class, but only after high school and in college that I started doing theater and acting classes, because I thought it would be fun.” ShowsWould BeKidsSchoolUsedFunActingClassTeacherChildhoodCollegeHigh SchoolTheaterPerformersEntertainersPuppetsEarly ChildhoodActing ClassesAfter High SchoolPuppet Shows Author:Michael Jai White
“I still get excited performing live. When you see the immediate reaction from a crowd, its like being a theater performer, its something you can't get from being a writer or being an ad man ... its almost ritualistic.” MenStillsTheaterCrowdsExcitedReactionsPerformingPerformersAdsPerforming Live Author:Marilyn Manson
“I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting when I was a kid, and I've earned a living as an artist all my life. It's my job in the sense that it's everything I am, the only thing I know how to do. I literally do not have qualifications to do anything else on this planet. Seriously, it's scary. [But] I don't consider it a job [because] it's my religion - it's my faith, it's my family, it's everything to me.” KnowsKidsJobsArtistActorsActingKnow HowPlanetsMy FamilyTheaterScaryPerformersQualificationsTheater Family Author:Torquil Campbell
“Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.” ArtShowsFormActorsComedyChangedTheaterMusicalSingersPerformersNormBroadwayMusical Theater Author:Betty Buckley
“I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be film, television or even live theater. I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I want to do.” WantArtDifferentSchoolFilmTelevisionProjectsTheaterPerformersArt SchoolLive Theater Author:Derek Hough