I ALWAYS Had A GOOD TIME In Theatre, Even When SHOWS Don't Turn Out As Well As I'd Like.

I REMEMBER When People ACTUALLY Wore COATS And Ties To Theatre Every NIGHT. They Don't Anymore. It's Very DIFFERENT.

To Be A PERFORMANCE Artist, You Have To Hate THEATRE. Theatre Is Fake... The Knife Is Not Real, The BLOOD Is Not Real, And The Emotions Are Not Real. Performance Is Just The Opposite: The Knife Is Real, The Blood Is Real, And The Emotions Are Real.

Because Chicago Was To RADIO What Hollywood Was To FILMS And Broadway Was To The THEATRE: It Was The Hub Of Radio.

I ALWAYS LIKED The Visuals To Be Choice And At The Same Time Minimalist. And, I Love Black Boxes. After All, That's What Theatre Is, It's An Empty Space, And It's Both Limited And Unlimited Because The Space Is The Space, But What You Can Do With PEOPLE's Imaginations Is REALLY ENDLESS.

I Grew Up Doing Musical Theatre In Orlando, Florida. When I Was 14, I Just Happened To Be In The RIGHT Place At The Right Time - A Deliveryman HEARD Me Singing And Offered To Deliver My Demo Tape To Sony MUSIC. I Was Just Really Lucky.

The Musical Has ALWAYS Been In JEOPARDY - Until - Or Was In Jeopardy Until It Was REALISED That It Is Probably The Safest Living Theatre ART FORM.

The First Time I Came To LONDON On My Own, I Was 15. I Was Absolutely Oblivious To So MANY Things. I Had No Expectations, No FEARS. I Just Came To Do A National YOUTH Theatre Season One Summer. It Was Just Brilliant.

I Fear That I Won't WORK In The THEATRE Again. I'm SAD About That. But I Won't Retire.

Misty Copeland Is MAKING History. During American Ballet Theatre's Current SEASON At The Metropolitan Opera House, Copeland Will Alight On That Storied Lincoln Center STAGE, Making Her New York Debut As The Swan Queen In The ICONIC Masterpiece Swan Lake - A Crowning Achievement For Any Dancer, Regardless Of The Color Of Her Skin.