“Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.” ArtShowsSeemsSpiritPaintingFineTheaterAtmosphereHallsMuseumsLackingInteriorsEnteringListening To MusicGalleryArt GalleriesMusic Hall Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“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
“Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they give us unforgettable movies with heart and depth and the resonance of classics.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsShouldHeartStoriesBeautifulFilmTheaterDepthHallsHallmarkResonanceUnforgettablePower Of Stories Author:Luanne Rice
“During the Second World War, nobody built any concert halls or theaters. After the war, Lincoln Center was a very brave project because all those architects had never built a theater before. We've learned a lot since then about the nature of materials and the isolation that's required.” WorldWarMaterialsProjectsBuiltTheaterBraveWar Of The WorldsIsolationHallsConcertsArchitectSecond World WarLincoln Center Author:Hugh Hardy
“I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an Oscar writing a TV series, or having an actor like Mark Rylance, who is probably England's leading theater actor, in the lead in Wolf Hall.” WritingEndsActorsTvsMarkEnglandTheaterSeriesHallsOscarsPlaywrightLead InTv SeriesInvigoratingHowards EndHamptons Author:Colin Callender
“I haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls and bookshops. I ran everywhere in the city like a fly buzzing in the works of a clock, tasted more than any fit belly could hold, learned not to sleep, and buried myself in a tick-tock of whirling hours that still echo in me.” StillsHoursSleepCitiesFireStreetsStageFitMurderTheaterPoliceClockRanStationsHallsJailBuriedEchoesBellyRiotTickSlumsBanquetsCourtroomBookshopsSaloonsMadhousesTockTick Tock Author:Ben Hecht
“You know, like, there's songs like "Valerie" and "Bang Bang Bang" that I was so proud of. And, you know, the level of success that they had - if they were little cult hits meant that, you know, I could sellout Webster Hall or Williamsburg Musical Hall or the El Rey theater in LA. Like, that was having made it to me. So the thought of having a number one song in my own career, like, never even registered.” IfsKnowsLittlesMadeSongMy OwnLevelsNumbersCareersProudTheaterMusicalMade ItHallsCultBangsWilliamsburg Author:Mark Ronson
“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
“Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.” KidsUsedSoundTheaterDisappointmentHallsSurroundConcertsSpeakersCornySurround Sound Author:David Ogden Stiers
“I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.” CountryThreeHouseDirectorsMarriedHollywoodTheaterMovedBritishLondonParisHallsPeterApartment Author:Leslie Caron
“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