This film "Phantom" takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat.
Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.
I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid.
I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.
I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.
I absolutely miss dancing. Don't want to do it for a living, I'm getting old, I can't move like I used to. If I had the opportunity to do something on Broadway or a musical, I would jump at the opportunity.
The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years old. I remember thinking, This is the most beautiful song I will ever hear. And that remains true for me to this day. His music is the sole reason I wanted to be on Broadway. I wanted to sing music that transports us to the most important place one can travel, our hearts.
I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either.
I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical comedy show. I do comedy, and I do singing, Broadway show tunes and different songs that I like. Been doing it for many, many years.
New York was the glamorous town that you only see now in old movies and on Broadway stages. The sky was lit up with dancing neon signs. It was safe to walk out in the streets.
I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
I began modeling in N. Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.
It was during my first trip to America in 1953 - thats when I learned to visit museums. I was then 26 years old. When I travel, the first thing I do is to visit museums. When I go to New York City, I usually go to Broadway to see the shows.
When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.
A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.
What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family. '
When I talk to young people who want to go to Broadway or whatever, I say, "The highs are very high and the lows are very low and then there is a lot in between. "
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
I want to get the point across that you may not have money to give to a charity, whether that is Ronald McDonald House or Broadway Cares or DIFFA, but you can help RAISE money or give your time and talents.
It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options open.