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New Year, New Broadway? Stars Reveal Their Resolutions for 2020
Oct 29, 2022
2019 is over and 2020 has begun! As Broadway enters a whole new decade of artistic expression, musical innovation and dramatic diversity, Broadway's brightest stars are telling us what they want to see onstage in 2020. Watch below as Jessie Mueller, Harry Connick Jr., Derek Klena, Elizabeth Stanley, Beth Leavel, Tom Kitt and so many more weigh in!
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I would love to see Broadway keep pushing the boundaries in 2020
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I think our show does a really good job of that, and I would love to see these shows really taking it to the limit
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and raising awareness and starting the conversation. For Broadway to step it and rise to the standard that it's expected to be and have
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and that's not saying it's not now, but just remember that that's sort of what it promises
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promises people and that means great storytelling and that means stories that need to be told
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and great entertainment and we keep our eye on that prize. We have opportunity to do some
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really cool stuff in the coming year. I would like to see people experiment more with what they
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see. I think people don't realize that they are smarter than they realize so they should try
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something new. Go see a performer that they've never heard of. Go to a play. They've never
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seen before or a playwright they've never seen before. Just try something new
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I just excited to see new things and new works. I love that like new stuff is coming in
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exciting things like Jagal Little Pill. I actually love the idea that West Side Story is reimagining itself. Like why not? Let's delve into pieces that we already know and love and see
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what we can find in new exciting production. I would love to see continuing diversity
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More diversity on the stage and all over. I mean, I always want to see more representation
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more diversity. I would always like to see more diversity in any of the arts
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More representation on Broadway of people of color, of queer folk, trans folk, non-binary folk
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disabled folk. I just need more. I need more on Broadway. And it's something that we're working towards and I see it
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And more opportunities for to create a world on stage that mirrors the world we live in Be as diverse behind the scenes be as diverse in the producerial ranks as you are on stage
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Because there's a mismatch right now and that should change. I know that we're going to really good place, but if we could get there today, that'd be awesome
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My resolution for Broadway in 2020 is to keep supporting writers especially
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That the creative people who make it work on both sides of the stage continue to come up with
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amazing inventive ideas and keep this incredible tradition alive. It's the greatest in the world
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I believe so much in great musical theater writers and great music and great book and
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great lyrics and all the above. And so I just want to be excited about writing in the 2020s, not just 2020
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I want to see the greatest writing ever, better than anything that the 20th century
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or the aughts or the 2010s gave us. My New Year's resolution for Broadway is to not be afraid to be quiet
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and have the quiet show and the quiet moment on that stage. To just keep doing what we're doing because we change lives
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We change lives with our work. So sometimes if you're tired and exhausted and you think
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how in the world can I do it? Just know that what we do is so valuable and important and art matters
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My news resolution is to have more Broadway shows tell the truth
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A resolution is a really powerful thing. And I think for me and for all the people that I love in this wonderful community
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I think the resolution is just let's keep telling the stories and need to be told. And let's really unearth the human truths
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because art is the way that we learn. Art is the way that we empathize
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Dig deep down inside themselves to put on the stage the most authentic
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and original and real storytelling they can. So that's my resolution. And I would say to all of my colleagues
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and my really deep friends, let's just keep telling those stories. That's a good resolution
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Live up to it, Broadway. Good luck
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