Books Quote by Stephen Sondheim

I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to…

— Matt Bomer

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the…

— Lee Hall

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…

— Sam Shepard

The great thing about theatre is that the performance develops over the run - it changes each time.

— Karla Crome

Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and it goes…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education.…

— John Lahr

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

— Tony Harrison

The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and…

— Matt Damon

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. It trumps movies and all that other stuff. People say, 'You…

— Paul Rudd

Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared…

— Lee Hall

One needs strong performance to put across a point in theatre.

— Mahesh Bhatt

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the…

— David Schwimmer