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> [Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten-those-things-used-to-happen/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/peter-stone-31642_actor_musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten_1170672.png)

## More by Peter Stone

> [There are two kinds of actors: those with one job too few, who have to take every one that comes along, and those with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/there-are-two-kinds-of-actors-those-with-one-job-too-few-who-have-to/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [Belonging to the Dramatists Guild Council where, with my fellow dramatists, I can directly affect (and protect) the professional lives of all American Playwrights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/belonging-to-the-dramatists-guild-council-where-with-my-fellow/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/there-are-some-actresses-who-cannot-function-on-the-set-without/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [Hollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/hollywood-is-a-cottage-industry-involving-a-very-small-number-of/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/at-early-previews-the-theater-gossips-are-there-wishing-you-ill-every/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/for-writers-that-rehearsal-period-is-death-it-is-the-most-destructive/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [Musicals are written and then rewritten. Those things used to happen on the road. Now they are done in New York during preview performances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/musicals-are-written-and-then-rewritten-those-things-used-to-happen/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/i-have-come-to-the-conclusion-that-one-useless-man-is-called-a/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [The relationship between an actress and her director is often a very close one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/the-relationship-between-an-actress-and-her-director-is-often-a-very/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [When talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/when-talking-about-unicorns-minotaurs-or-compassionate-conservatives/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/you-listen-to-the-audience-the-audience-is-wrong-individually-and/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [Disease, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake, I'd accept with some despair, but no, you sent us Congress! Good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/disease-a-simple-famine-plagues-of-locusts-everywhere-or-a/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [This is a revolution, damnit! We're going to have to offend somebody!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/this-is-a-revolution-damnit-we-re-going-to-have-to-offend-somebody/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [It seems to me that everybody who's a success has made a decision to put themselves in a situation that eats away at their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/it-seems-to-me-that-everybody-who-s-a-success-has-made-a-decision-to/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

> [“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-stone/in-my-many-years-i-have-come-to-a-conclusion-that-one-useless-man-is/)

[Peter Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-stone/)

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