Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.
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Laurence Olivier once made the rather cruel remark that when you've got the strength to play Lear you're too young, but when you're old enough, you haven't got the strength. Well, Alvin is well muscled and trained.Robert Brustein
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
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On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.
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His last days, a noble confrontation with death, made his life as much a work of art as his plays.
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No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.
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