Category: theatre

“The numbers were removed from the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical after the show’s first preview in February 1956 on Broadway. They were discovered, alongside a ballet penned for the musical, in boxes at the Library of Congress.”

“Even when someone from working class origins is in the profession we are finding that they are about £10,000 less well off than other people, in theory for doing the same jobs.”

When Tony LoBianco starred in a one-man show about New York City’s 99th mayor on Broadway in 1989, the production closed after 12 performances. Then the actor started rewriting the script, kept at it, and now has spent a quarter-century taking the piece, now titled The Little Flower, everywhere from Manhattan to Moscow to Milan.

“There’s no doubt that Rice will have respect for Shakespeare, but she is unlikely to be over-awed or cowed by the performance history of the plays. That can only be a good thing, particularly at the Globe.”

“My mom kept sayin, ‘You know, you could do community theatre if you’re a dentist in the day, because then you could make your own schedule.'”

“Here in the Cage we believe that making theatre is like making a child: If you want to be truly successful, you need more than just a penis.”

“If others can relate to this story, maybe they will begin to dream about peace on Earth, a planet where no child suffers unnecessarily from a war for greed, or a mania for power. It can be. At the least, the spectators may find some level of emotional detox themselves, from whatever ails them.”