Asking Quote by Kelli O'Hara

Even when I have a vintage play, I draw in elements from current scenarios, so that modern audiences can empathize with the characters.

— Y. G. Mahendran

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on…

— August Wilson

You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.

— Sydney Pollack

No producer should revive a play unless they have a very good reason for it. I think there's quite enough about a good play…

— Timothy West

Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could…

— Frank Wildhorn

I feel that as a writer and as a performer too. I never really thought about backstory for characters. It was much more of…

— Brady Corbet

In the past, once a movie musical was made, it was believed that you were left with that version, good or bad, for posterity.

— Craig Zadan

I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the…

— Gavin DeGraw

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

— Edward Albee

I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character…

— Billy Bob Thornton

“Re-imagined or reinterpreted source material offers unique perspectives into the creative process. I like hearing a band cover another band’s tune. I dig seeing…

— Mike Walton

What was once a cottage industry dedicated to the discovery and development of new voices and works has become instead the raison d'etre for…

— Caridad Svich