“The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.” TheaterInnovationMusicalGloriousMusical Theater Author:Diane Paulus
“Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way.” WayOur LivesTheaterEnriching Author:Diane Paulus
“Im always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.” PeopleWayInterestPlayerTeamProjectsDedicationSelflessGood TeamTeam Player Author:Diane Paulus
“I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level.” PeopleHappensWantedLevelsThings HappenInteractionEpiphanyGrassrootsMake Things Happen Author:Diane Paulus
“The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as a director . . . I believe it's actually radical to think about the audience.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveIdeasMatterI BelieveAudienceEventsDirectorsTheatrePartnersRadicalFuel Author:Diane Paulus
“Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.” WorldWayKindChildrenPlayImaginationCreativityToughTough Times Author:Diane Paulus
“I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.” BeautifulRoomsGrewGrew UpSittingGoldLiving RoomHarpsOlder Sister Author:Diane Paulus
“I've gotten to the point that I don't even know what tomorrow brings. When I'm teaching, obviously I'm in town for the class every week.” KnowsClassWeekTeachingTomorrowTownsTomorrow Brings Author:Diane Paulus
“My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.” AmericaGenerationsDirectorsIllusionTheaterFedsMy Generation Author:Diane Paulus
“Opera is the ultimate art form. It has singing and music and drama and dance and emotion and story.” ArtStoriesFormEmotionDramaSingingUltimateOpera Author:Diane Paulus
“Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites.” FeltParentTheatreKingdomsConquerOperaTwins Author:Diane Paulus
“Art cannot be looked at as an elite, sacred event anymore. It has to be embraced as an accessible, popular form, which is what I believe theater is at its roots.” BelieveArtFormI BelieveEventsRootsTheaterSacredElites Author:Diane Paulus
“When you're a freelance director, you are hired to create the art, and it kind of stops there.” KindArtDirectors Author:Diane Paulus
“At the core of what I'm doing is a belief in the audience, a belief that populism doesn't mean dumbing down theater, but rather giving the audience a voice and a role in experiencing theater.” GivingMeanBeliefVoiceRolesAudienceTheaterCorePopulismDumbing Down Author:Diane Paulus
“I had to drop a boulder to wake people up about the A.R.T. We've done that, and now we have audiences again who want cutting-edge work, who want to be challenged, but who also won't be falling asleep at the theater.” PeopleWantDoneFallAudienceCuttingTheaterEdgesCutting EdgeBouldersFalling Asleep Author:Diane Paulus
“For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.” PeopleLooksReasonFeelingsLostOceanBiggerEdgesOneselfDefinitionsReason WhyAweCathedralsFeeling Lost Author:Diane Paulus
