Theatre Quotes
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As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense of camaraderie. Early on, we would go to rehearsals with my dad and I was like the mascot for the backstage crew. That was a big part of my childhood, so I dreamed of one day doing a play in London.
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I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.
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Scarborough never really began to live until the summer of 1964 when the Beatles played the Futurist Theatre, and no one in the audience, least of all me, heard anything but the screaming.
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For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.
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I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period.
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I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.
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I live in Los Angeles where there is not that much in the way of theatre, so the La Jolla Playhouse is pretty much the only place that is on my radar, and when they have something going on, and I am available, I will certainly go in.
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You don't choose the theatre; The theatre choses you.
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Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why I think so many really powerful novelists can't write a play - because they don't understand that it's spoken - that it hits the air. They don't get that.
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I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.
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My desire was never to put out albums; it was to do musical theatre!
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Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.
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When you come out of the theatre and you don't even talk about that film or remember it, then it disappoints me.
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A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.
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The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place.
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A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.
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I took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall's Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself.
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I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.
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Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.
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More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average.
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I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky living in London that you can do all that - in New York and L.A., there's more of a structure for film in L.A. and theatre in New York. In London, our industry is smaller, but it produces brilliant work all in one place.
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It's interesting that the wondrous 'Hamilton,' which I could not be more ecstatic about, has taken a long time to perfect to bring it to Broadway. And it wouldn't have been possible if it was developed in the commercial theatre from the get-go.
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There's something wholesome about the theatre.
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I love and respect theatre, so I am truly honored to have the opportunity to take my voice to the Broadway stage.
