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" I loved 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I'm a huge Judy Garland fan, too. "

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" I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "

" When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper! "

" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "

" I think people feel completely stunted without an agent, but there's a lot of auditions to be had without one and a lot to be learned before you take an agent on. "

" People learn from their mistakes and move forward. "

" I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough. "

" I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance. "

" It's been a huge honor to collaborate and create new theatre with new writers and to create theatre that will last after my lifetime. It's been in the most truthful way possible. It's my favorite thing to do. "

" I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on. "

" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon. "

" As I became an adult, I listened to a lot of jazz, to the ladies of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae and Nina Simone. I loved that they each covered the same songs and interpreted them totally differently. I thought that was so cool. They could each paint their own picture of that moment. "

" There was so much emotional response to 'Dogfight.' You just heard the audience: They were so horrified. They were sobbing. They were joyful at times. "

" I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. "

" Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore. "

" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18. "

" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "

" I've always had a big voice, but I'm very aware of when you need to belt or go all out like that - when it's necessary and plot driven - as opposed to just screaming to scream, which I hate. "

" I've always been afraid to do a solo show. When I go to see the great solo shows of Liz Callaway or Christine Ebersole, they have so many incredible stories to talk about, and their material and lives are so rich. I've always worried that my life was not rich enough. "

" I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire. "

" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "

" I have a big persona onstage sometimes, but offstage, I'm super shy. Like, I don't want to perform for people - I'd rather die than sing in a room for someone. "

" Gay men are still men. "

" It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different. "

" I think it's important to play real people. "

" When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about the character, and then you can fill in the gaps. When you are doing a cabaret show, it's very personal. You have the opportunity to share parts of yourself with an audience and figure out how you want to connect. "

" I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. "

" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "

" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

" I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend. "