You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.
The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?
The audience, the place you're in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.
I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.
Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.
As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.
I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.
You got to have an emotional connect with the audience who watch you.
It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.