An average show is two hours. And that's usually right up to the curfew or the union triple time. I always feel like I could have played a little longer or something, but it's hard for me to pay attention to anything for longer than that.
A 300pp novel can easily become a 200pp novel by printing with smaller type; a 100pp screenplay can potentially become a film of between 60-140 minutes in length; a 200pp stage play could be performed in anything from 30 minutes to four hours. For all these media, the script length is agnostic to the final work.
Monday night, there ain't a better time to showcase your talent.
In the old days, if you topped the bill one evening, you'd do 22 minutes maximum, and if you overstepped and did 27 one night, you'd get a knock on the door telling you it wasn't acceptable.
The Grateful Dead played for three hours on a given night, plus sound check.
Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.
One single raga can be performed for two hours, three hours.
I'm not a comedian who wants to spend far too long on stage.
The problem with the Moodies is not what to play, it's what to leave out! That's always difficult. We stopped having support acts many years ago just because of that. We needed getting on to two hours; there's such a big catalog to call on.
I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than two hours, it just feels strange. It feels early.
A touring comic's typical day roughly amounts to an hour of being laughed at and 20 minutes of being photographed. The other 22 hours and 40 minutes are spent in silence.
With ECW, I had a lot of time for matches. I could go out there and do a 20-25 minute match, where normally I'd get to do a 7-8 minute match.
Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes.
For a show, I can bear a little longer than 45 minutes, not including encores.
If you're a member of my family, whether immediate or extended, and you want to see my show, don't.
Why would you have a seven-hour show? The fans are going to be so tired halfway through the show.
