Opera Dreamers Gifts

'My dad is a modern guy, he falls asleep in front of the TV. Grandpa is more old fashioned, he does it at the opera house.'

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

He kept up his guitar practise...

Concert Pianist.

Applause. Clap clap bravo. Spring musical. Cats. You were terrific! Our little girl!

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

Home Sweet Home

The Mouse King appears in the Nutcracker

Rainbow Quartet

'What rhymes with D minus?'

"This number goes out to all the little people I met on my way back down."

'The good teen-age mime chooses to study for an exam, while the bad one chooses to steal hubcaps.'

Come on! They're posting the spring musical. I can't wait! I want a romantic part! With and elegant gown. Good luck with that! We're doing "Cats."

Orchestra Class Air Guitar.

"We both see Ben as this summer's breakout child."

"Maybe I'm aiming too high...maybe 'saving for a cool car' is too hard."

it's back to school time, Frank. I think I have everything I need. I have a new backpack, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks and, of course, a mask. We don't need those anymore. Speak for yourself. Zzzzzzz.

"And the award for the best use of AI in a movie goes to..."

"I'm Rapunzel. You want Juliet – next tower over."

Ballet dancer.

'How wonderful, playing our song - astronauts, fly me to the moon.'

Learn to play the violin in one weekend - 'This isn't working! It's Saturday evening already and I've only got as far as holding it properly...'

Romantic Duet

I love my Uke.

"Keep practicing, and someday you'll be able to play the two songs you remember at houses that also have pianos."

"FREEDOM!!!"

"I'm going to run away and join the circus. Not one of those big, tacky ones—something more European and intimate."

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

All Les's dreams of stardom were coming true, and he'd only played one note.

"For my next trick, I'll require an audience."

"All she has to do is play Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. It'll go viral and make us rich. But she just sits there like she's clueless."

"I find it comforting to have Off-Broadway plays in the background."

I'm trying out for the spring play. You'll be great! Ha! You'll be grateful to be an usher, Meryl Creep. Yeah. The good parts go to real actors. Sigh. The arts are sooo uplifting.

"Singing makes me self-conscious."