Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The mission of the A.R.T. is to expand the boundaries of theater through works of the canon and the new works of… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I really challenge every actor at the beginning of a process, and I always say, 'I have an idea that I'm going… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater,… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
We're a depraved civilization. All this technology, all the computer games and the iPhones... nobody will sit for art anymore. What a dismaying state… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I think every theater in America wants a younger audience... and you can't just hope to have a younger audience, you have to program… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
You have to think about why you're asking an audience to come to the theater. It's not that they should come because it's good… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
