Quotes by Bartlett Sher

“[Nominated for a 2005 Tony Award for his luminous staging of] The Light in the Piazza, ... Awake and Sing!.”

“I thought it would be kind of fun to open our next season on a very strong, classical note,”

“Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but thats not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.”

“For a town this size, the level of the arts it supports is extraordinary.”

“The play is funny. And people love baseball. But theres a moral lesson. Rounding Third is particularly suitable for that part of the audience made up of young parents. We are a generation of helicopter parents, constantly hovering over our kids, fussing with them.”

“With both plays, you have people standing around doing nothing while other people are doing terrible, terrible things.”

We get a lot of raps as Americans for being small-minded, but in fact, when you really drill down to the core of the culture, theres an enormous amount of compassion and forgiveness and support.