“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“The opening-night audience is mostly friends of the cast and backers of the show, and they cometo applaud their money.” ShowsNightAudienceCastsOpeningOpening Night Author:Al Hirschfeld
“[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.” WayNeedsHas BeensPlayNightActorsAudienceFrontsNeededInvolvedEssentialsSittingTheaterOpeningTonightDeniedEquipmentHandicappedOpening Night Author:Hallie Flanagan
“I like to have a peek, see what the audience is doing during the opening act, because it gives you a clue and gives you a good feeling of where you are - the air can be different in different places.” GivingDifferentFeelingsAudienceAirOpeningWhere You AreClueDifferent PlaceGood Feeling Author:Mick Jagger
“When an audience is laughing, that's opening their souls somehow, and when you have an audience with an open soul, it's much better to hit them with a knife.” SoulAudienceLaughingOpeningKnives Author:Fatih Ak?n
“The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and at the same time opening their heart. Through sharing my pain I can possibly heal your pain, there is no other feeling like it, money doesn't compare. This is the true meaning of Art. I will attempt to do it till my dying day.” HeartArtI CanFeelingsPainArtistActorsAudienceDyingMy HeartHealOpeningCompareTrue MeaningMeaning Of Art Author:Richard Cabral
“I think that even though The German Doctor (Wakolda) is placed in a historical context , it is a very intimate story. The film has been extremely well received around the world. It keeps on going around, opening in different markets, and connecting with the audience. In Argentina it was seen by over 450, 000 spectators, which is way more than anything we could have imagined.” ThinkingWorldWayWellsHas BeensDifferentStoriesFilmAudienceDoctorsHistoricalOpeningAround The WorldIntimateConnectingSpectatorsArgentinaHistorical Context Author:Lucia Puenzo