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    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.

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All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive read more

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man

by Bernard Berenson Found in: Theater Quotes,
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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to read more

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

by Robert Brustein Found in: Theater Quotes,
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Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

by Robert Brustein Found in: Theater Quotes,
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You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you read more

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.

by Ben Kingsley Found in: Theater Quotes,
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You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give read more

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something

by Kenneth Haigh Found in: Theater Quotes,
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

by Alan Jay Lerner Found in: Theater Quotes,
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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

by Tristan Bernard Found in: Theater Quotes,
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The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

by Robert Holman Found in: Theater Quotes,
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I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is read more

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.

by Laurence Olivier, Sir Found in: Theater Quotes,
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