Aaron Lazar

“Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.”

“Before 'Giant,' I had only ever worked with Michael Greif, Michael John LaChiusa and Kate Baldwin in readings. It's really exciting to be blessed with the opportunity to work with so many I would put in the 'genius' book.”

“I went to the opening of 'Sister Act,' and I had such a great time. I had no idea what it was about, and I had never seen the movies. But I heard the show went through some major last-minute craziness in previews, and man, opening night was really fun and really entertaining.”

“I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.”

“My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that.”

“The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.”

“I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.”

“I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.”

“In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.”

“You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'”

“Life in New York can be so, I don't know, chaotic, overwhelming, busy, frantic, and often, seniors can easily get overlooked.”