With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.
Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort … - David Ives
Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort …
- David Ives
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart. - David Ives
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart.
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well. - David Ives
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings. - David Ives
Learning to write for the theatre is learning to be a human being, because the theatre by its very nature makes you deal with other human beings.
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small. - David Ives
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.
With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this. - David Ives
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story… - David Ives
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story…
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a year or two these … - David Ives
I have been approached now and again about sitcoms, but, with very few exceptions, one simply needs to move to L.A. for at least a year or two these …
I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse. - David Ives
I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.
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