#theatrical

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

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I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun. ↗

— James Stewart

#architect #architecture #back #because #college

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#although #fail #find #fruits #give

If you look at the timing of many of the Greek dramas from the theatrical point of view, it's all off, and I think the reason for that is that music played a very important part. ↗

— John Eaton

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I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage. ↗

— Mel Torme

#am #dead #eight #folks #get