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Broadway purists may deplore the influx of movie-spinoff musicals in recent years, wishing someone would turn off the popcorn machine and let more imaginative brainstorms blow through.

— James Wolcott

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

There has to be the popcorn genre element, or I don't engage the same way. I like action and vehicle design and guns and computer graphics as much as I like allegory. It's a constant balancing game. I want audiences to be on this rollercoaster that fits the Hollywood mould, but I also want them to absorb my observations.

— Neill Blomkamp

I love the Broadway audiences, who relish live drama and don't hesitate to display their enthusiasm.

— Ian Mckellen

I hate musicals, especially film musicals.

— Santigold

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

— Neil Tennant

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

— Bette Davis

What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

— Harold Prince

It's almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - I'm a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are.

— David Levithan

There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.

— Tim Rice

✗Opposing Perspectives

Broadway is obviously a dream come true, but audiences everywhere continue to make performing a blast.

— Rob McClure