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I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

George S. Kaufman

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theater unless he or she has bronchitis.

James Agate

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

England Entertainment Places Theater

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Acting Reviews/Criticism Of Katherine Hepburn in "The Lake" Theater

There was laughter at the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.

George S. Kaufman

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Entertainment On a poorly received Broadway comedy Theater

I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free.

Shirley MacLaine

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

Entertainment TV/Movie Quotes As Ouiser in “Steel Magnolias” Plays Theater

You can make a killing in the theater, but not a living.

Robert Anderson

(1917 – 2009) American playwright, screenwriter & theater producer

Entertainment Theater

You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained… I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction… I can get all that at home.

Peter Cook

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian

Entertainment Theater

Opening night: The night before the play is ready to open.

George Jean Nathan

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

Definitions Opening night Theater

I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics.

Johnny Mercer

(1909 – 1976) American lyricist, songwriter & singer

Entertainment Insults Reviews/Criticism Of a British musical Songwriting Theater

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

Another Anderson's Law

Money Murphy’s Laws Theater

If you don't knit bring a good book.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Reviews/Criticism Theater

Shut up Arnold, or I’ll direct this play the way you wrote it!

John Dexter

(1925 – 1990) English theatre, opera & film director

Entertainment Theater To dramatist Arnold Wesker

If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism Theater When the opening night of the London musical “Gone With the Wind” was marred by an obnoxious young actress and a horse that relieved itself onstage

I thought the play was frightful but I saw it under particularly unfortunate circumstances…. the curtain was up.

George S. Kaufman

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Reviews/Criticism Theater

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

George S. Kaufman

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Entertainment Authors Rehearsals Theater

The audience would have booed and hissed after the first act, but you can't do that and yawn at the same time.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism Theater

The only thing I didn’t like about The Barretts of Wimpole Street was the play.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Reviews/Criticism “Barretts of Wimpole Street” Theater

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

Oscar Wilde

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Communication Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Audiences Theater

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

George Bernard Shaw

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Reviews/Criticism Theater

She stopped the show – but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Acting Communication Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Theater

Musicals: a series of catastrophes ending with a floorshow.

Oscar Levant

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

Entertainment Musicals Theater

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Keyword: Theater

I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

Long experience has taught me that in England nobody goes to the theater unless he or she has bronchitis.

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

There was laughter at the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.

I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free.

You can make a killing in the theater, but not a living.

You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained… I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction… I can get all that at home.

Opening night: The night before the play is ready to open.

I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics.

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

If you don't knit bring a good book.

Shut up Arnold, or I’ll direct this play the way you wrote it!

If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once.

I thought the play was frightful but I saw it under particularly unfortunate circumstances…. the curtain was up.

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

The audience would have booed and hissed after the first act, but you can't do that and yawn at the same time.

The only thing I didn’t like about The Barretts of Wimpole Street was the play.

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

She stopped the show – but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.

Musicals: a series of catastrophes ending with a floorshow.