Andrew Keenan-Bolger

YouTube came out when I was a sophomore in college, and I feel like I was one of the first people to put musical theater stuff online. ”

I grew up in a time where there were no queer digital references. ”

People have not given children enough credit to understand the idea of death. But I really think they do. ”

I've gotten to work with people like Kristin Chenoweth and Chita Rivera... Seeing their process is so interesting. Seeing that these people aren't immortal - that they go through the same motions as we do and ask for feedback and break down scenes... They have to work, too, and that's really exciting to see. ”

Knowing at the end of the day you get to go home and you can work on your own project is super rewarding as an actor. ”

I think one of the traps of theater - what makes it so amazing is that it's not able to be mass-produced, but it also makes it hard to get work seen by people because if you're a creator, you do a cabaret or something, and maybe 100 people will see it and then it ends the night that you close it. ”

People are not just going to bars and meeting people; they're connecting through social media. ”

If my 12-year-old self knew that there was going to be a Broadway adaptation of 'Newsies,' I would have freaked out. ”