Theresa Rebeck Quotes

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Theresa Rebeck

Profession : Playwright

Birth : February 19, 1958

A lot of times, I think people feel that new plays are suspect, and actually, I don't know where that came from. I completely disagree with it!

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I think new plays are vastly more surprising and challenging and inspiring; I hear from audiences all the time that they are delighted when they see plays about the world we live in now, at this moment.

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The audience just doesn't care. They are just as interested in women-centric stories as they are in stories about men.

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People kept saying, 'You've made it!' and I was like, 'What have I been doing all this time?' I've always felt successful.

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Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed I would never be done on Broadway. But that was never the goal.

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There are so many people from many different classes and ways of life who converge in one space to make a musical.

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It's sort of a mystery where ideas come from.

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I actuall have to defend realism in theatre because I think TV does it badly - so corrupted by layers of bureaucrats who want to leave examination or psychology.

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Rarely do I try to pull a creature out of life and make it a character.

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So in case there was any doubt, I am here to report that having a play on Broadway does not suck.

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Why on earth is the 'New Yorker' publishing puff pieces about pretty girls who go to parties? Does the 'New Yorker' ever run photos of cute boys just because they're cute and they come from money and they go to lots of parties?

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Heath Ledger's recent death, like that of River Phoenix, was handled with great care by the press. Anna Nicole Smith's not so much.

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Not so long ago, my feminist education taught me to ask the question, 'Is the gaze male?' The answer, apparently, is yes, which is why so many movies and television shows are about men and not women.

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Our distorted media culture sees men as subjects and women as objects; in films, Woody Allen gets older and older and still dates 20-year-old babes; movies about women are called 'chick flicks,' and men make fun of them.

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Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.

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Does art have to have high foot traffic to get funded in a recession? A lot of people, I am sure, would say absolutely not. And those postmodern art-loving loners surely would argue that even if one person likes a piece of art, that would make a museum worthwhile.

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Some people think big audiences are crass and that, say, a comedy that appeals to a wide audience is pandering. Other people would argue that you could say that about Moliere.

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I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left.

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My son is a musician who next year will be attending the LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City, which his mother helped him get into by making him practice all the time.

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In America, the average playwright makes less than a receptionist in a non-profit theatre. We don't have decent health insurance - or any health insurance at all.

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