There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the underrepresentation of women in theater despite their significant audience presence.
Marsha Norman's statement points out a disparity in the theater industry, emphasizing that while women make up a large portion of the ticket-buying audience, their contributions as playwrights and creators are not reflected in the production of plays. This raises questions about gender equality and the necessity of encouraging female voices in the arts.
In practice
During a panel discussion on gender equality in the arts, using this quote can emphasize the need for increased representation.
If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the other person's turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like.
My influences have been what I call my four Bs - the primary one being the blues, then Borges, Baraka, and Bearden.
I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up.
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.
Profound music leads us beyond language...to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.
I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?
An art thief is a man who takes pictures.
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