Susan Stroman Quotations

Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.

I would love to direct a play. But I think when people look at me they see music and dancing and singing.

I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.

It is true that I visualize music and, as I visualize music, I have some sort of story running in my head, all the time.

I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.

You can't remember what movie you saw two weeks ago, but you can remember what Broadway show you saw two weeks ago and where you ate dinner - everything about it. There's something about live theatre that hits you in the heart.

It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle.

My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.

I love art and I find myself at the MoMA all the time. Museums are a real refuge for me. I go to a museum for any break that I have, and I'm very inspired by art.

I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.