Dennis Cleveland roams the theater speaking with audience members (all actors who are part of the show).
It's a view shared by Mr. Emanuel, a former dancer, who was at the Goodman Theater speaking to Chicago's very homogeneous arts elite during the C.P.S. meeting.
We are all the inheritors of their dream of a truly American theater, speaking directly to its community, away from the commercial pressures of Broadway.
This may be simply because theater speaks to a smaller audience.
Such creaky political theater spoke volumes about the way President Bashar al-Assad's government has been handling the crisis engulfing Syria since March.
(Rooney) 'Ich, Kürbisgeist' (in previews; opens on Monday) If you feel like downtown theater speaks an entirely different language, this mind-bending production will confirm your hunch.
Those who wanted to preserve the theater spoke out at meetings but did not raise money for their crusade.
Mr. von Trier, a renowned film director who has dabbled in television and theatrical art installations, has never done anything in live theater, spoken or operatic.
Hundreds of free (or reasonably priced) dance, theater, spoken word, comedy, opera, musical, cabaret and children's performances are being staged in beautiful locations around the medieval and Georgian splendor of the city.
Edward Villella, director of Miami City Ballet, mixes pragmatism with vivid recall of how it feels to dance Balanchine, and Patricia Wilde, then director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, speaks movingly about a personal sense of legacy.
I think that's really, really important and that we sort of inspire one another, to me the arts and dance, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, speaks to our aspirations, that's so important in times where people want to sort of hold their head down, and I noticed that lately when people come to the theater, it's like, "I've got to get to this theater", you know?
