“During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives - they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.” YearsLongFeelingsActionProcessCitiesAudienceWifeNew YorkDirectorsHusbandOrganizationMalesIncomeCorporateGenerousBoardsExecutivesNew York CityChaptersWorkplaceWorkshopsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBoard Of DirectorsAnother WomanHead Start Author:Warren Farrell
“I think so many great artists are flocking to LA because the downtown art scene is so vibrant, there is cheap living and you can really flourish as an artist there. There is an unbelievably supportive and really smart, talented theatre audience in LA full of young, hungry, vibrant people. It's something that sort of makes me think of what New York must have been like in its downtown theater scene in the 1980s - before my time.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensArtYoungArtistAudienceNew YorkSceneSmartTheaterTheatreHungryMy TimeSupportiveGreat ArtGreat ArtistDowntownReally Smart Author:Jon Bernthal
“I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.” ThinkingFactsFilmMovingAudienceComedyNew YorkTearsKingsSpeechLaughterLondonUpliftingToronto Author:Tom Hooper
“The internet has created a transnational audience. If you publish something in the New York Times, it's read all over the world. Who knows how big this audience is or how long it will last.” IfsKnowsWorldLongBigsLastsAudienceKnow HowNew YorkInternetPublishNew York Times Author:Pankaj Mishra
“In later years, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back when he was a boy, sealed and hog-tied inside the airtight vessel known as Brooklyn, New York, he had been haunted by dreams of Harry Houdini.” YearsBookDreamKnownBoysAudienceFansNew YorkCreationAgingComicConventionsTiedComic BookClayVesselBrooklynBack WhenHogInterviewersHoudiniBrooklyn New York Book:The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel Source: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel
“I've been an audience member for friends in plays that I don't enjoy and I have to lie to their faces. It's just part of that lifestyle unfortunately, especially in New York.” PlayFacesLyingEnjoyAudienceNew YorkMembersLifestyle Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues in our New York run.” RunningAudienceMinutesNew YorkTenTraditionPerformancesProductionsDiscussionInvitedAustin Author:Jeff Britting
“If Anthem finds an audience in New York City, my hope would be to see the play transferred to a commercial theatre for an open-ended run.” IfsPlayWould BeRunningCitiesAudienceNew YorkTheatreNew York CityAnthem Author:Jeff Britting
“In another project I worked on just a few years ago, a staging of Peter and the Wolf, which I translated into Yiddish and sang on a stage in New York City. Thank God very few people knew I was doing it! But the kids in the audience loved it - even though it was all in Yiddish.” PeopleYearsKidsCitiesAudienceStageNew YorkProjectsYears AgoNew York CityThank GodPeterYiddishStaging Author:Maurice Sendak