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“The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.”

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Author:Michael J. Fox

“I get too hungry for dinner at eight. I like the theater, but never come late. I never bother with people I hate. That's why the lady is a tramp.”

People Hate Late I Hate Theater Eight Dinner Hungry Bother Tramps

Author:Lorenz Hart

“If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.”

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Book:High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

Source: High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

“I want to read books and go for walks and make dinner. I guess there are people who love working and that's great. I'm not one of them. I love tackling roles and I love theater, but filming, I don't get it. It seems mind-numbing to me.”

People Want Mind Book Seems Walks Roles Theater Dinner Tackling Numbing

Author:Robert Sean Leonard

“Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner.”

Theater Wine Dinner

Author:George Jean Nathan

“Dinner theater is anti-culture.”

Culture Theater Dinner

Author:John Simon

“We are not simply intellectual creatures. We wish to make love, to enjoy a gourmet dinner, to jog in the park, to cheer lustily at a ball game, to engage in spirited conversation with our friends, to play bridge or tennis, travel to exotic places, struggle with others to build a better world, and to enjoy the arts. The arts are so vital because they help to make life worth living. Music, poetry, literature, paintings, dance, and the theater are among our richest joys...The fine arts contribute immeasurably to the good life and that is why we cherish them.”

“My mother was an extraordinary theater actor in Canada, and when I would finish school, I would go to the theater. I would do my homework, we would have dinner there, she would do her play, and then me and my sister would go home. So I grew up in it that way.”

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Author:Kiefer Sutherland

“[My aunt] took me to my first play, too, which was dinner theater. I don't know if they have that in England, but you eat a dinner while you watch a play. And she ordered a glass of wine. I was like, "Oh my God. This is, like, the most sophisticated thing I have ever done."”

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Author:Geena Davis

“I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn’t go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see Tommy when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it.”

Bigs School Saws Grew Grew Up High School Theater Dinner

Author:Amy Adams

“Moving out to L.A. for me was a leap of faith. I was very secure in my dinner theater world; I loved it, and I was just like, 'I think there's something else out there for me and I just have to go for it.'”

Thinking World Moving Theater Dinner Secure Leap Leap Of Faith Moving Out

Author:Amy Adams

“I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that”

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Author:Patrick Dempsey