Quote by Stephen Sondheim
All the best performers bring to their role something more, someth

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. Thats what makes theatre live. Thats why it persists. – Stephen Sondheim

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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audiences imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean theres no fourth wall. – Stephen Sondheim

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Im interested in the theater because Im interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music. – Stephen Sondheim

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