My favorite thing to hear from people is, 'I left the theater and couldn't stop thinking about it.' You want your work to have an impact after they leave the theater. It's the equivalent of leaving a musical humming a show tune.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.
I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.
I really like reaching out and seeing the audience - they're potential audiences! And on occasion I can make them excited about going to the theater again, if they've ceased or gone less.
Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.
Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
I come from the theater, where the response to your work is immediate, and I suppose there's a part of me that still craves that.
What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.
I never leave a piece of theater that I love and say, 'That was a good point; They made a good point.' I leave, and I feel something.