I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
The costumes had to serve the choreography.
You have to always remember who your guest is, and that's who we cater to.
We played in bars and other such establishments and anywhere where people would listen. Sometimes they did, and sometimes not. The outfits we wore were classics of the 50's.
At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.
I think it was the ability of the theater to communicate ideas and extol virtues that drew me to it. And also, I was, and remain, fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.
Theater is about surprises and things that you haven't seen before on stage.
One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.
Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.