I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while.
Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us engage with our lives in an enriching way.
The idea of making audiences feel like they matter, that the theatre matters, and that they're a partner in the event—that's what fuels me as a director. . . I believe it's actually radical to think about the audience.
For me, the reason why people go to a mountaintop or go to the edge of the ocean is to look at something larger than themselves. That feeling of awe, of going to a cathedral, it's all about feeling lost in something bigger than oneself. To me, that's the definition of spectacle.
I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.
The musical theater is a glorious and distinctly American innovation in the history of theater.
Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.
It’s not really pressure, unless you’re not prepared.
As an actress, you want to try new things. You don't want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.
I gazed upon the earth and saw that a body, in its tender faithlessness, had located it in the sky. A splendid scarf of blood, looming above the abyss.