No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not what Broadway's about.
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The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
The Broadway audiences are very vocal and seem very engaged. For certain shows, especially with a show like 'The Heiress,' the audience's reactions sound like 'The Jerry Springer Show' sometimes. That seems to be a very New York thing. Oh, there's also the entrance round of applause here, which we don't get too much in London.
I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.
There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Broadway has some very tight expectations as to what a show is.
If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!
Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it's not like cutting a movie and test focus-grouping it and filling out forms.
So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.
I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.
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