I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.
Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.
One of the things I find very little of in America - and certainly not on Broadway - are plays with political attitudes.
My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
I like pop, rock n' roll, big band, Broadway - I like all those elements.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
It's definitely one of those things when you decide to be an actor that it would be really cool to be in a Broadway show or a series regular on a hit show.
I really hope for more Broadway. I didn't think I was going to love it this much. I would love to stay here.
I always wanted to be on a great TV show and in a Broadway show and have a CD out, and the fact that they happened simultaneously is kind of an embarrassment of riches.
And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.
I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it.
I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End.
I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.
In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.
'Story of My Life' was essentially a two-man musical play. In hindsight, I don't know if there was room for a two-man musical on Broadway.
I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.
I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.
Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.
My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
