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Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting.

The wonderful thing about theater as an art form is it's a purely empirical art form. It's all about what works. And every show, every production, is created anew right from the moment you go into the rehearsal hall.

I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.

Theater is a living creature. It takes a while to break in, like a new pair of shoes.

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.