Sandra Bernhard
"I don't mind being in Chicago on a day off. It is so rare that I get to be anywhere that I like to be and have a minute for myself."

Margaret Cho
"I never got permission! I've been making fun of my mom since I was a really young kid."

Levi Kreis
"For me, I actually enjoy listening to this album for the first time."

Ben Rimalower
"I have been obsessed with Patti LuPone all of my life."

Travis Wall

Adam Pasen
"Stylistically I’m very much a Fitzgerald, who was really two writers packed into one..."

Michael Rolik
"I couldn't believe the scale of love and acceptance... it was really electric... that kind of security and knowing there was that level of acceptance helped me with my own confidence"

Sheryl Lee Ralph
"I write in the book that we immediately had a huge gay following. In many instances they were the backbone and the support of moving that musical forward."

Luis Carreon
"I let people decide for themselves if I have real powers."

David Pevsner
"I've had my dark void-y times and it made me see him as more than just a mean, cranky antagonist."

Ernie Pruneda
"There is something magical about the show that makes people leave so happy and changed."

Celina Carvajal

Michael Feinstein

Del Shores

Tamale Sepp
"It is just cool that we can meet at an intersection, all hang out and make people laugh."

Jason Stuart
"There is a certain authenticity you have when you bring your own experience to the table. It is some intangible that is unsaid and unseen but you know it is there. It is very elusive."

Olivia Newton-John
"To me love is love. It shouldn't matter. I have so many close friends and family who are gay I don't even think about it."

Bazuka Joe

Ben DeJesus
"As John’s Chicago fans have proven over the years, he has a really loyal fan base that are outside the demographic of a typical NY Times readers."

Kristin Chenoweth

Paul Oakley Stovall

David Hernandez

Matt Zarley
"Life is really too precious to live a charade, a lie. Living truthfully is the most empowering way to live..."

David Perez
"It is really a funny play but at the same time but it also kind of an indictment of the institution of theatre."