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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning havin

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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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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