“What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.” WorldWantBehindsAudienceExcitingDividesCurtainsOther Worlds Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“I miss theater. I miss living the arc of the character, from curtain to curtain, and I miss the immediate audience response.” CharacterAudienceMissingTheaterResponseCurtainsArcs Author:David Anders
“Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.” ChildrenActorsPerfectEnemyAudienceWifeDoorsStagePoetTerribleGreat ThingsKneesAweRemoveCurtainsFamiliarityStatesmenGreat ActorsImpunityAdmiringGreat PoetCreditorsScolded Book:Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)
“I wrote my first play, Uncommon Women and Others, in the hopes of seeing an all-female curtain call in the basement of the Yale School of Drama. A man in the audience stood up during a post show discussion and announced, “I can't get into this, it's all about girls.” I thought to myself, “Well, I've been getting in to Hamlet and Laurence of Arabia my whole life, so you better start trying.”” MenTryingFirstsWellsI CanPlayWholeShowsSchoolGirlAudienceSeeingDramaFemaleWhole LifePostsDiscussionCurtainsArabiaUncommonBasementsStood UpYaleCurtain Call Author:Wendy Wasserstein
“Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel the eyes of an audience upon them. Their old passion for holding the centre of the stage guides their uncertain footsteps to where the footlights shine, and summons up a wintry smile when the curtain rises.” FeelsEyePassionActorsAudienceStagePoliticianShiningGuidesLiftsUncertainCentreCurtainsFootstepsReviveLimelightVacancy Book:The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge Source: The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge
“The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it is down the music interrupts the audience.” ActorsAudienceMusicianTheatreCurtains Author:Sir Arthur Sullivan