I wish theater criticism in this country could be more of a companion piece to the experience than a warning about where not to spend your money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.
The trick about the theater is at the end of the day you cannot take any of it personally.
Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.
Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.
Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.
Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show - on the history of previous productions (if it's a revival) and the creative team.
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
The economics of theater are painful. I still think that the theater community should be looking much more rigorously at how to let the playwright keep the money they make.