A first preview is not exactly a pleasant experience for directors and actors. You're never as raw as when the audience first comes in.

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• John Tiffany:

  I don't think that just because people will pay a certain amount for a ticket that it's all right t

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• John Tiffany:

  Broadway is full of crazy people.

• John Tiffany:

  I don't like the idea of stepping-stones in art forms: that you do your time at a regional theatre,

• John Tiffany:

  The only thing I fear is when people say, 'I should go to the theatre more.' I say, 'We should crea

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• Anatole France:

  In art as in love, instinct is enough.

• Anatole France:

  There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated