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Musical Comedy Quotes

Musical comedy is the Irish stew of drama. Anything may be put into it, with the certainty that it will improve the general effect. P. G. Wodehouse
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten."
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten. Stephen Sondheim
To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best. Eric Idle
Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training. Christopher Walken
I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going deep down into life and not caring a damn... P. G. Wodehouse
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer. Betty Buckley
Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the price of admission. Joyce Carol Oates
[on Purgatory] It is, of course, open to anyone to say that the whole idea is morbid and exaggerated--open even to those who think nothing of queuing for twenty-four hours in acute discomfort to see the first night of a musical comedy, which lasts three hours at most, which they are not sure of liking when they get there, and which they could see any other night with no trouble at all. Dorothy L. Sayers
Robert Moses quote: "If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a..."
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. Robert Moses
Arlene Dahl quote: "I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim...."
I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a musical comedy star. Arlene Dahl
I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time. Esther Williams
I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies. Francis Ford Coppola
Janine Turner quote: "I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually..."
I have always been intrigued with singing and I actually started my career in musical comedies. Janine Turner
Christopher Walken quote: "My background is in musical comedy."
My background is in musical comedy. Christopher Walken
It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows. John Lithgow

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