Theater Quality Quotes

The Smith Center is a theater where you want to keep the lights on. The acoustics are amazing, and this is a stage that was built for sound.

People are doing sitcoms on stage rather than theater. You go to the theater, and it's as if you were watching a sitcom at 8:30 on Channel 4.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

When I was on stage in the '50s, it was a glory time, a golden time with Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. There was real talent. And now, the theater is a little Disney-fied.

The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

In mainland China, there are many good theaters - sometimes better than Hong Kong.

Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they give their blessing to trash.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Nowadays, most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play - assuming that there are any plays on Broadway worth seeing, which long ago ceased to be a safe bet.

It is a lazy public which promotes a slothful and irresponsible theater.

All I know is that as an audience member, I am less and less inclined to go to the theater. But that has to do with content and also because the venues seem to be actively trying to repel people.

I'd rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes.

Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.

I always thought from my knowledge of London theater and the audiences here that they would appreciate a truly genius piece of theatrical work.

The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you go see ten shows, you'll only get five - if you're lucky - that'll give you that experience. But the rest, at the very least, will be interesting.