1920s Quote by Dita Von Teese

There were not a lot of women in the theater department - it was really run by men, and so the message was that…

— Lynn Nottage

It remains an incredible struggle for women in theater, and, in particular, playwrights and directors, to get their work seen and to not only…

— Lynn Nottage

Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded…

— Betty Buckley

In the drag community it's mostly women in the audience, even for burlesque. I think people look at strippping as a male gaze thing…

— Violet Chachki

“If it were advertised that a troupe of men of easy virtue were to appear half-clothed upon a public stage, exposing their chests, thighs,…

— H.L. Mencken

As a woman of color, slowly and with some coercing, the not-for-profit theaters around the country are beginning to recognize and embrace the power…

— Lynn Nottage

Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays.

— John O'Hara

Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

— Ian McShane

It's significant that four out of the five nominated comedies were run by women. That's not by accident. Women are storytellers, too. What's particularly…

— Sarah Treem

If you look back throughout the history of Broadway, there's always been periods where writers and producers have delivered the kind of things that…

— Christopher Jackson

I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.

— Laura Benanti

Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays.

— John O'Hara