Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
Stephen SondheimRead
I'm a great audience. I cry very easily. I suspend disbelief in two seconds.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the speaker's emotional responsiveness and willingness to immerse themselves in artistic experiences.
Stephen Sondheim's quote highlights the significance of being emotionally engaged and open to creativity. As a 'great audience,' he describes an ability to connect deeply with art, allowing oneself to feel and react authentically to what is presented, thus enriching the overall experience of both the audience and the performers.
In practice
During a theater workshop to emphasize the importance of vulnerability in performance.
Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night. Tonight there will be no morning star.
After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes.
Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.
Let Pirelli's / Miracle Elixir / Activate your roots, sir... Keep it off your boots, sir- / Eats right through. Yes, get Pirelli's! / Use a bottle of it! / Ladies seem to love it... Flies do, too!
Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the tale you tell. That is the spell.
That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.
I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.
The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.
Actors are always afraid of ending up like overcooked old soup over time. What's risky is that you don't realize this has happened, and you just get thick and boring. Going abroad was like getting a new pot to cook everything again. I was a rookie, a new self. And they were asking me, 'Who are you?'
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
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