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" I've played gay, and I've played straight... I'm proud to be a gay man myself, and I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to play a variety of different gay men. "

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Michael Arden

Time

Love

Looking

" I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.' "

" Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a world that I would never be a part of. "

" Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true. "

Michael Arden

Diversity

Conversation

" I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage. "

Michael Arden

Together

Looking

" At its core, 'Spring Awakening' is about the perils of miscommunication and what happens when people are denied a voice. "

" If you've never heard a piece of Mozart, then Mozart could sound scary or confusing, so it's all about learning. "

" It's my goal to help actors achieve their best work, and I think I speak the same language as actors, so I understand how they do it, and I just love being able to create the playground in which they build their beautiful sandcastle. "

" I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal. "

" Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another. "

" My favorite collaborator is Dane Laffrey, who designed the set for 'Once on This Island,' but we've worked together since high school, when he was my roommate. "

" I was lucky enough to make my Broadway debut in 'Big River.' "

" The deaf community has shaped me as an artist and a person, and I am very grateful that I have been able to share and create so much art with a group of people I would have never imagined sharing and creating with. It's a true testament to the power of theater. There are no walls. "

" I created my family with the people I met in the theater and escaped in the stories I told and the characters I got a chance to play. It's just always felt like home. "

" Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity. "

" My dream would be to have 50 people in a show with each person from a different country. "

" A lot of times, comedy writers will go for the gay joke, and I've been vocal about saying, 'Go for the smart joke.' "

Michael Arden

Will

Saying

" Say you have a young black kid, and you come to see a Sondheim show. You love the material, but you look on stage, and you don't see anyone who looks like you. That puts a barrier between the audience and what they're trying to absorb. "

" I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle. "

" Kelli O'Hara is incredible. "

Michael Arden

Incredible

" Unless we build theater and performing arts, then we're not going to be creating future patrons. We need to make it accessible. "

" My grandparents, Jim and Pat Moore, were an incredible couple. They drove me to the community theater, where I did plays as a kid. "

Michael Arden

Community

Grandparents

" I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over. "

" We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears. "

" I had a sort of rocky upbringing, and I think the theater was a safe place for me. "

" When you step off a plane into a place like Haiti, you're just surrounded by overwhelming stimulus: the people selling you things, asking you to engage. "

Michael Arden

You

People

" I tend to ask more questions than I should as an actor. "

" So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to me than my own mother ever was. "

Michael Arden

Gay

Men

" I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put together, and I'd love for it to be nonverbal so it's something that someone with any communication ability can enjoy. "