A Quote by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.
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Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about how I comport myself on stage: I employ 'rubati,' 'ostinati,' 'cadenze.' Finding these parallels is very fascinating for me.
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I've always loved musical theatre. It's my favorite thing in the world to do.
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