“The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.” ChildrenTheaterOriginalsClubsMiceMickeyMovie Theater Author:Annette Funicello
“My preference is live performance. Because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that. You know, musicians need it, comedians definitely need it. It doesn't matter what size and what club, whether it's 30 people in the club or 2,000 in a hall or a theater. It's live, it's symbiotic, you need it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsMatterActorsEnergyMusicianPerformancesTheaterSizeClubsComedianHallsPreferenceFeedbackLive PerformanceLive Theater Author:Robin Williams
“Even though I have fond feelings for comedy clubs, I enjoy the focus you get in a theater. Comedy clubs are a different animal. People are being served nachos and there's a blender going off in the background.” PeopleDifferentFeelingsEnjoyAnimalComedyFocusTheaterClubsBackgroundsComedy ClubsDifferent AnimalsBlendersNachos Author:Brian Regan
“I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a more theatrical performer sometimes with having theater and other non-club venues, as well as the audience being filled with other artists. It's nice to be with other comics, as usually at other road gigs, I'm solo for the most part.” WellsSometimesSeemsArtistAttitudeAudienceNiceBenefitsTheaterFilledClubsPerformersSoloSupportiveFestivalsGigsTheatricalVenues Author:Maria Bamford
“Always continue to perform no matter what or where the activity is: local theater, regional theater, local clubs or coffee shops. Continue to play the guitar or your instrument and always continue to progress or otherwise you will fail.” MatterPlayProgressFailingActivityTheaterNo Matter WhatInstrumentsGuitarClubsCoffeeLocalsShopsCoffee Shop Author:Tony Vincent
“If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."” IfsNeedsFeelsWellsPlayUseStarsStuffTalkingComedyDirectorsDirectEarsTheaterClubsToneComedy Clubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience is much higher quality. It also sounds better than a baseball stadium. Everybody has a good seat, and I don't have to play a specific part like I do in the Eagles.” PlayEnjoySoundQualityCareersAudienceHigherBaseballTheaterClubsSeatsInteractionSoloEaglesStadiums Author:Joe Walsh
“I converted a family-owned strip club into an improvisational acting theater.” ActingTheaterClubs Author:Tommy Chong
“If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.” IfsI CanPlayCarBeatsTheaterSellsClubsCrapDirtbags Author:Bill Burr
“I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a thespian. I was much more of a lighting guy or a backstage guy. Because I wanted to do something easy for the rest of my life, I thought, "Maybe I'll go and apply to colleges that specialize in theater set design. I'll do that. That's what I want to do". With theater, really, I'd be around the gays.” WantKidsWantedSchoolGuyEasyDesignCollegeGayLateHigh SchoolTheaterClubsLightingThespians Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I got onstage whenever I could. And musical theater went out the window as soon as I started doing stand-up.” FirstsCitiesComedyNew YorkWindowTheaterMusicalClubsNew York CityMusical TheaterComedy Clubs Author:Sarah Silverman
“Barry Harris had a club called Jazz Cultural Theater and there were sessions there on a regular basis. I remember being there and sitting in with [Charles] McPherson and Barry being there, and just smiling at me. He didn't talk to me much at the time, he just came up and gave me a smile, which meant a lot. I've since gotten to know him and been around him a little bit.” KnowsLittlesRememberBitsLittle BitSittingBasesTheaterJazzClubsSessionBeing ThereTalk To Me Author:Jon Gordon
“I would love to be able to play anywhere, but to me the sweet spot is clubs and theaters, just because I feel like you lean in to tell a joke. You don't back up. Comedy lives in that area. I've played amphitheaters, big clubs, and pool halls, and the most fun rooms hold anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people. That intimacy is where comedy really lives.” PeopleFeelsPlayBigsAbleFunRoomsComedySweetLike YouJokesAreasTheaterClubsSpotsIntimacyHallsPool Author:Michael Che
“I started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show.” PeopleShowsTheaterClubs Author:Sarah Silverman
“I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there.” ComedyTheaterTownsClubsSellingAdvertisingRumorSelling OutComedy Clubs Author:Ron White
“I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.” TheaterClubsJackieMasons Author:Elayne Boosler
“Do not enjoy yourself. Enjoy dances and theaters and joy-rides and champagne and oysters; enjoy jazz and cocktails and night-clubs if you can enjoy nothing better; enjoy bigamy and burglary and any crime in the calendar, in preference to the other alternative; but never learn to enjoy yourself.” IfsJoyNightEnjoyCrimeTheaterJazzClubsAlternativesPreferenceChampagneCocktailsCalendarsOystersEnjoy YourselfNight ClubBurglaryBigamyFree AdviceJoy Ride Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I definitely wasn’t cool in high school. I really wasn’t. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas, but I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.” KnowsSchoolKnow HowHairHigh SchoolAreasTheaterMusicalClubsRoutesMusical TheaterYearbook Author:Dianna Agron
“I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young, every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television.” PeopleYoungNightTelevisionBandTheaterTownsInspiredClubsHallsEvery NightMtvNight Club Author:Quincy Jones