“The drama of the sky dance is enacted nightly on hundreds of farms, the owners of which sigh for entertainment, but harbor the illusion that it is to be sought in theaters. They live on the land, but not by the land.” SkyLandDramaIllusionTheaterEntertainmentOwnersFarmsSighHarbors Book:A Sand County Almanac Source: A Sand County Almanac
“Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.” VoiceColorIllusionTheaterOperaTheatrical Author:Sarah Caldwell
“My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.” KindGovernmentFormTermCommonWatchesRecordsSecurityActivityIllusionPerformancesTheaterSpeciesMy FavoriteGenreAcknowledgeAgencyInspectionGovernment Agencies Book:How Music Works Source: How Music Works
“...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people tend to run into you and believe you are your characters. And I suppose the funny thing is the longer you go, you do become sort of some version of [your characters]. You both diverge from them - you know - you live, but you also permanently inhabit that geography and that mental space - and so you do morph a little bit. We do become what we imagine.” PeopleKnowsBelieveLittlesRealCharacterStoriesWisdomDreamRealityRunningBitsCommunitySpaceHistoryImagineGenerationsHuman NatureLittle BitIllusionTheaterIndividualityVersionsIdeologyGeographyFunny ThingsMaking Up Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Drag is like breaking the fourth wall in theater where we're letting you know straight up that this is an illusion. People are attracted to that because they know it's the truth of who they are also. No one is who they think they are. That's why people are attracted to drag.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWallIllusionTheaterFourthDragStraight Up Author:RuPaul
“Simulations directly relate to the process of and complications in photography. They also overtly create layers of fantasies, myths and interventions... The simulation confuses the idea of a truth. I've always been interested in this kind of theater and illusion at the foundation of belief.” KindIdeasBeliefProcessFantasyPhotographyIllusionTheaterFoundationMythRelateLayersInterventionComplicationSimulation Author:Taryn Simon
“There's a way in which 'The Illusion' is a play about the theater.” WayPlayIllusionTheater Author:Tony Kushner
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” WayLongMovingWallIllusionTheaterTablesExpensiveChairsCurtainsBricksProfitableSceneryBrick WallIllusion Of FreedomTables And Chairs Author:Frank Zappa
“Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio.” CoursesCan DoStageStudentsIllusionTheaterStudiosCraftsFormerFascinated Author:Francis Ford Coppola