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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work read more
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends read more
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for read more
We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama of ourselves.
In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect
In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical read more
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what read more
No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.
The center of the stage is where I am.
The center of the stage is where I am.
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve read more
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.